Jesus and his Two Fathers: The Person and the Legacy by Uri Wernik

The narrative of Jesus’s life, mission, and afterlife that shaped the history of the world in the last two millennia still haunts readers in the 21st century as the persistent list of titles on Jesus indicates. Uri Wernik’s Jesus and his Two Fathers is a welcome addition to this list. Original and insightful in contents, lucid and engaging in style, it articulates Jesus legacy in the context of his family, disciples, culture, and politics. Using notions and methods from diverse branches of psychology, Wernik astutely peels off the outer layers of early Christology’s and Pauline revisions, to discover Jesus as a Jewish reformer, in the spirit of the biblical prophets. This book can find its way to the minds and hearts of many interested readers.

Yoram Bilu, professor emeritus of psychology and anthropology, Hebrew University. Member of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Dr. Uri Wernik has written an unusual and creative book. Drawing on recent advances in Famiily Constellation, psychoanalysis, social psychology and other social sciences, he presents a new and exciting view of Jesus. Especially interesting is his discussion of the role of a step-father in Jesus’s development. This book should be read by anyone interested in obtaining a new perspective on Jesus and the Gospels.

Prof. Henry Abramovitch, Jungian analyst, psychologist and anthropologist, Tel Aviv University. Author of The First Father: Abraham