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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage, is secretly commissioned to discover the truth behind the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine while also being engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions as leader of the Roman garrison near Galilee.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man's life can change in an instant. For Ben-Hur, a young Jewish aristocrat, that time comes when he accidentally knocks a roof tile onto a Roman official's head. He is condemned to the galleys, but the most fateful moment of his life is yet to come: the day he meets Jesus.
Author
Series
Christ the Lord volume 2
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Anne Rice's second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at Cana.--From publisher description.
Author
Series
Christmas hope series volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of the Nativity Story illustrated with evocative artwork depicts a human, relatable Joseph and Mary as a common carpenter and a simple peasant girl who are forced to deliver their child in a humble barn.
Author
Series
Jesus chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Overhearing Jesus' prophecies of events to come and witnessing such events as Judas' betrayal, Peter's denial, and the Resurrection, Mark becomes a devoted disciple of Christianity and urges Peter to recount to him the story of Jesus' life on earth.
12) Luke's story
Author
Series
Jesus chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Putnam Praise
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life story of the author of the Gospel of Luke--from his life as a slave to his univerty studies as a medical student at Tarsus, from his acquaintance with Saul (Paul) of Tarsus to his ultimate discipleship and decision to write the story of Christ.
13) Take this cup
Author
Series
Jerusalem chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
A weaver named Nehemiah is charged with bringing a very special vessel to Jerusalem what will herald the coming of the Messiah, just as the final events of Jesus' earthly ministry are coming to a climax.
Author
Publisher
Ensign Peak
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This novel imagines how a contemporary of Jesus, Simon, an ordinary spice merchant and a Jew without deeply felt religious beliefs, begins his lifelong journey as one of the first new Christians as his life intersects with Jesus at the major milestones of his life and ministry.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A historical novel of the Apostle Paul, whose tireless and epic preaching of the message of Jesus brought Christianity into existence and changed human history. In relating Paul's epic journeys, both geographical and spiritual, the author unfolds a vivid panorama of the ancient world on the verge of epochal change, while in the alternating voice of the Gospel writer Luke, Paul's travel companion, scribe, and ghostwriter, a cooler perspective on Paul's...
Author
Publisher
Worthy Books, an imprint of Worthy Publishing Group, a division of Worthy Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this fictional account, the author tells of a devout Jewish scholar, who after only three years in the Arabian wilderness, emerges as the greatest Christian theologian in history. This novel explains how, after supervising the death of Jesus's disciples, Paul would be moved to effectively conquer the Roman Empire with a message about a Jewish man named Jesus.
18) The hidden flame
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
In first-century Judea, Abigail together with her fellow followers of the Way face a gathering storm of persecution they never could have foreseen but find a glimmer of hope through their faith and courage to survive.
Author
Series
Living water volume 1
Publisher
Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"For the women of the Samaritan village of Sychar, the well is a place of blessing--the place where they gather to draw their water and share their lives--but not for Mara. Shunned for the many sins of her mother, Nava, Mara struggles against the constant threats of starvation or exile. Mara and Nava's lives are forever changed with the arrival of two men: Shem, a mysterious young man from Caesarea, and Jesus, a Jewish teacher. Nava is transformed...
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