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Author
Series
A.D. (Ted Dekker) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Maviah is an outcast once again. For two years, she has wandered the desert, trying to unite her people who have been defeated and scattered in the wake of a devastating attack by their enemies. Maviah wants to bring peace, following the path she learned from a man named Yeshua who many are calling the son of God. To save those she loves, she must return to Palestine to find Yeshua. Surely he will show her the fullness of His way once again.
Author
Series
A.D. (Ted Dekker) volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart. The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all. Step back in time to the year of our Lord...A.D. 30. The outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When their enemies launch a sudden attack with devastating...
Author
Series
Black or white chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Broadman & Holman
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
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
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.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, Ana is rebellious and ambitious, a relentless seeker with a brilliant, curious mind and a daring spirit. She yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Defying the expectations placed on women, she engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes secret narratives about neglected and silenced women. When she meets the eighteen-year-old...
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
Series
Publisher
Focus on the Family/BroadStreet Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"To the Pharisees, Jesus is a blasphemer. To the Roman authorities, he's a threat to their rule and order. But to the masses, he's a miraculous healer and a profound teacher. In this third installment of The Chosen series, we see Jesus healing the sick, preaching the Sermon on the Mount, feeding the five thousand, and raising the dead. We see his enemies growing ever more determined to silence him. And we see his very human disciples struggling with...
Author
Series
Jerusalem Road volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Yeshua of Nazareth has two sisters: Damaris, married to a wealthy merchant's son, and Pheodora, married to a simple shepherd from Bethlehem. When Pheodora's husband suffers an unexpected reversal of fortune and is thrown into debtor's prison, she returns to Nazareth, where she pins her hopes on two she-goats who should give birth to spotless white kids that would be perfect for the upcoming Yom Kippur sacrifice. In the eighteen months between the...
15) When Jesus wept
Author
Series
Jerusalem chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Lazarus occupies a surprising position in the Gospel accounts. Widely known as the man Jesus raised from the dead, his story is actually much broader and richer than that. Living as he did at Bethany, near Jerusalem, Lazarus was uniquely placed to witness the swirl of events around Jesus. When Jesus Wept, the first novel in The Jerusalem Chronicles series by bestselling authors Bodie and Brock Thoene, unfolds the turbulent times in Judea during Jesus'...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
A provocative imagining of the later years of the mother of Jesus finds her living a solitary existence in Ephesus years after her son's crucifixion and struggling with guilt, anger, and feelings that her son is not the son of God and that His sacrifice was not for a worthy cause.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"No one expected Barley to have an encounter with the Messiah. He was homeless, hungry, and struggling to survive in first century Jerusalem. Most surprisingly, he was a dog. But through Barley's eyes, the story of a teacher from Galilee comes alive in a way we've never experienced before. Barley's story begins in the home of a compassionate woodcarver and his wife who find Barley as an abandoned, nearly-drowned pup. Tales of a special teacher from...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
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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.
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