The Carpenter's Tools

This book seeks to bring the gospel story to life – to make the reader feel as though present with Jesus, one of his disciples. In this novella-style study Roger Amos blends the findings of recent historical research with the gospel accounts to show how the socio-economic circumstances of Herod Antipas’ Galilee may have shaped Jesus’ career.  As various witnesses of Jesus’ ministry narrate their individual experiences, providing a multi-faceted picture of the historical Jesus, the tension mounts, culminating in the often misunderstood Story of the Tenants, which sealed Jesus’ fate. Interspersed humour and pathos add entertainment value and remind us that the gospel represents not simply divine intervention in human society, but God himself taking human form. Comprehensive endnotes and a bibliography allow readers to reference the author’s historical sources and the reasoning underlying passages involving conjecture. 
 
Roger Amos trained for the Baptist ministry at Spurgeon’s College, London, gaining a BD from the University of London, and in retirement added an MA (by Distance Learning) in Aspects of Biblical Interpretation from the London School of Theology.  In 2020, unable to continue the research that he had been pursuing at Spurgeon’s College for a PhD, he reworked the findings from three years of historical study into dramatic form, creating The Carpenter’s Tools.