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Christianbook.com"Colin Duriez's 'AD 33' offers readers a fascinating and creative view of the most important year in human history. This book takes readers back in time, back to the world of Jesus, back to the culture of Jews and Romans and to the events that changed everything. Scholars and students will learn much from this informed and very readable book. I recommend it enthusiastically."
—Craig A. Evans, Ph.D., Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity College and author of Fabricating Jesus
"Author Colin Duriez's compelling and wide-ranging work examines the huge Roman Empire which encompassed the Mediterranean region and much of north-western Europe. . . . There is a universal curiousity about the history that lies behind the Gospel texts and the book reveals what the year that saw the inauguration of Christianity as a world religion was actually like."
—Belfast News Letter Group
"Colin Duriez is best known for his studies in the life and work of Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Here he ventures further back in time, offering a compelling case for dating the crucifixion of Jesus to Friday 13 April, AD 33. Much of the book is spent setting the death of Jesus in its historical contexts, Jewish and Roman. Where firm evidence is missing, Duriez suggests plausible scenarios."
—Church Times
If you'd like a refresher course on how the Church began, what it was then, and what it still can be, pick up AD 33.
—Mark Earley, President, Prison Fellowship, www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839667/posts
The amount of research and knowledge contributing to AD 33 is impressive. Duriez draws regularly and openly from the Gospels, from Jewish historian Josephus, and from Roman sources such as Seutonius. . . This is not a light book . . . It is, however, full of facts and details, and is written in a compelling way.
—Linette E. Yoder, Christian Book Previews.com, May 5, 2007
First-century Palestine comes to life as well as Roman empire history, culture and interactions in a wide-ranging survey which links Biblical passages and history with a reconstruction of the times.
—California Bookwatch, June 2007
In this fascinating book, Duriez lets us follow events in the Roman Empire and beyond to obtain a vivid picture of the year of Jesus’ death.
—The Anglican Digest, Advent AD 2007
With the inclusion of maps, plans, and a section on chronology for 44 B.C. to A.D. 70, the book holds value as a resource for all Christians. Those skeptical of Christianity can learn how much history there is with Jesus in it. AD 33 is a good mixture of story and facts and an enjoyable reading.
—Libraries Alive, Fall 2007
An excellent piece of writing.
—The Lamplighter, August 2007
What a delightful read! I know of no book that attempts to cover the world in that year. There is new information for every church member.
—Church Libraries, Summer 2007
. . . This book is an informative and educational read.
—Chisendom blog, christilling.de/blog, September 24, 2007
The book makes an interesting read and may be helpful for someone who wants to put the crucifixion in historical context.
—ECIBA.org, January 2, 2008