In this fascinating work of biblical and historical scholarship, author Daryn Graham offers readers a glimpse into the life of Jesus between the ages of thirteen and thirty-years largely ignored by the authors of the New Testament.

Unlike those claiming to receive extra-canonical information by divine revelation, Graham meticulously researches the customs and practices of first century Jews to present readers with a picture of Jesus's daily life while growing from a boy into a man. He also relies on clues and allusions in the text of the Bible itself, expounding on references that even...