Who Was Jesus - Who Was? Author:Ellen Morgan, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator), Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator) This fascinating addition to the best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. — In an even-handed and easy-to-read... more » narrative, this title, illustrated with eighty black-and-white drawings, also explains the early origins of Christianity and how it became a major religion.« less