The book "The Shadow of the Galilean", by Gerd Theissen, is based on the story of Jesus through a historical and fictional perspective. Gerd helps the readers to imagine what life was like in Jesus' time with historical facts and with his mythic creativity. The stories told throughout the narrative are events from the Bible and experiences with people that were actually recorded in. the Gospels, but with a touch of original fictional characters and expeditions The main character of Theissen's story is a merchant named Andreas, who never met Jesus personally, but who later cannot help but clash. in the "shadow" of Jesus throughout his travels throughout Galilee, during his travels he meets many people who tell him stories about Jesus and how Jesus influenced them specifically and how they came to be. to support him and follow him with all their heart. Through this he learns of Jesus' many abilities and his power. "The Shadow of the Galilean", explains the journeys Andreas took to obey Pilate's orders to "search" on John the Baptist and later on Jesus of Nazareth, two moves Pilate sought to pose a threat to the Empire Roman Empire Once John the Baptist was executed (p. 44), this prompted Andreas to visit his Roman officer, Metilius, who had accompanied him throughout his travels, in the hope of being exempted from the. work that Pilate had given him and to be able to continue his work a normal life after his imprisonment. But instead, he was given another task: to investigate Jesus of Nazareth and the movement he had created. Survey of the New Testament involves all the stories of Jesus' life, all the obstacles He went through, and tells how people came to love,...... middle of paper...... Reading, “The Shadow of the Galilean” was extremely different from what I expected with this book I expected to read only the life of Jesus and the stories presented throughout the New Testament about how. he got people to follow him and the struggles he had gone through; not a book containing both historical facts and fictional characters and events. Despite my initial reaction, I really became interested in this book once I started reading it because it was so different from what I expected. The fictional part kept me entertained throughout its entirety and made me curious about what will happen next at any given moment. Overall, I recommend that anyone studying the life of Jesus and wanting a little “boost” to his stories delve into Gerd Theissen’s account of “The Shadow of the Galilean ».."