5-17-2017: Just finished reading for a second time. It's strange how one's view of a given book changes over time. I still rate it at 5 stars but I see something different or more this time. Unlike most other books about The Christ, The Gospel of Gabriel is written from the viewpoint of Jesus, the human with no reference to his divinity. Talking about Jesus the man brings involves human emotions, joys and concerns. It is always hard to try to include Jesus the man simply because it's hard to understand how Jesus could not understand who he was. For instance, he clearly knew what he was doing when he changed the water into wine at Cana but how could Jesus the man know he had the power to change the water?
Anyhow, there were times as I was re-reading this book that I got very deep into the life of Jesus. For one who knows what sin is (or for one who thinks he knows), his openness to sinners is profoundly moving.
I strongly urge everyone who reads this to read this book. ( )