The Book of Emet: The TRUE Story of Jesus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781937416034)

Martin Vesole was born in 1947 and grew up in Rock Island, Illinois (former home of the Rock Island Line, made famous by a country and western song of that name). Martin went on to study history at Washington University in St. Louis and got a law degree at DePaul College of Law in Chicago. In the early 1970s, he was in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam. From 1974-1976, he lived in Israel, first taking classes in Judaic Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and then working at Kibbutz Naot Mordechai (famous for Naot sandals) in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. Martin worked as a legal writer in Chicago for Commerce Clearing House (since bought out by Wolters Kluwer, a Dutch company) until the age of 55. He was active in his synagogue Temple Menorah for several years and served as it's President from 1992-1994 and has been on the Board of Directors from 1987 till the present time. In 2010 he moved to Delray Beach in Florida. He is divorced and has no children but has a step-daughter and two grandchildren. He has published two books, "The Book of Emet: The TRUE Story of Jesus" and his breakout novel, "Sleeping Truth." He is currently working on a book entitled "Changing Judaism," which is expected to be out in 2015.