The Harrowing of Hell

“Grapples with the revolutionary humility of Christ’s message.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Jesus of Nazareth . . . art thou come to destroy us?”

Over the thousands of years since Christ’s Crucifixion, the original gospels detailing his life and death have been edited, sanded down, and molded into the tale millions of people know by heart today. But what if that first fevered, dreamlike writing about this moment of profound historical u...