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1) Cain
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Saramago daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Bible through the story of Cain. Condemned to wander forever after he kills Abel, he is whisked around in time and space. He experiences the almost-sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, the Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Joshua at the battle of Jericho, Job's ordeal, and finally Noah's ark and the Flood. And over and over again Cain encounters an unjust, even cruel...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now, Brooks takes on one of literature's richest and most enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
Description
Anna the Prophetess is the dramatic chronicle of the only woman to be called a prophetess in the Gospels. When Anna's great-niece Julia is exiled to Jerusalem as punishment for her refusal to marry a man old enough to be her father, Anna shares the story of her early days of courtship with her husband. Although Julia's parents admonished her to observe firsthand how lonely Anna's life is, Julia instead discovers that her great-aunt's life is far from...
Author
Series
Out from Egypt volume 3
Language
English
Description
Cossette Consistently Brings the Old Testament to Life in an Engrossing, Fresh New Way Alanah, a Canaanite, is no stranger to fighting and survival. When her family is killed in battle with the Hebrews, she disguises herself and sneaks onto the battlefield to avenge her family. The one thing she never counted on was surviving. Tobiah, a Hebrew warrior, is shocked to find an unconscious, wounded woman among the Canaanite casualties. Compelled to bring...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In her fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she 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...
Author
Series
Kingdom and the crown volume 3
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A novel describes the last week of Jesus' life as he enters triumphantly into Jerusalem, is crucified, and ultimately rises on the third day.
7) Come unto me
Author
Series
Kingdom and the crown volume 2
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Simeon and Miriam face tremendous trials as they try to save their friends and still keep the teachings of Jesus.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"After years spent living with her mother and oppressive grandfather in Athens, Ariadne runs away to her father in Corinth, only to discover the perilous secret that destroyed his marriage: Galenos is the infamous thief who robs the city's corrupt of their ill-gotten gains. She becomes his apprentice, but Paul's message offers something different"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Seeking peace and safety after a hard childhood, Leah marries Judah, a strong and gentle man, and for the first time in her life Leah believes she can rest easily. But the land is ruled by Antiochus IV, descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals, and when he issues a decree that all Jews are to conform to Syrian laws upon pain of death, devout Jews risk everything to follow the law of Moses. udah's father resists the decree, igniting a...
10) Three tales
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1877, these three stories are dominated by questions of doubt, love, loneliness, and religious experience; together they confirm Flaubert as a master of the short story. A Simple Heart (also published as A Simple Soul), relates the story of Félicité, an uneducated serving-woman who retains her Catholic faith despite a life of desolation and loss. The Legend of Saint Julian Hospitator, inspired by a stained-glass window in Rouen...
Author
Publisher
Lion Throne Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When Isaiah's family is slain on orders from the King of Judah, he is warned in a dream to flee to an enemy land. The boy's path wends through wars and assassins, among brigands and desert queens, olive farmers and prophets, from the darkest dungeons to a garden that lies beyond dreams, and finally, to a mysterious mountain with a secret."--Goodreads.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Seven years ago, Moriyah was taken captive in Jericho and branded with the mark of the Canaanite gods. Now the Israelites are experiencing peace in their new land, but Moriyah has yet to find her own peace. Because of the shameful mark on her face, she hides behind her veil at all times and the disdain of the townspeople keeps her from socializing. And marriage prospects were out of the question ... until now. Her father has found someone to marry...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Zora Neale Hurston blends the Moses of the Old Testament with the Moses of black folklore and song to create a compelling allegory of power, redemption, and faith. Narrated in a mixture of biblical rhetoric, black dialect, and colloquial English, Hurston traces Moses's life from the day he is launched into the Nile river in a reed basket, to his development as a great magician, to his transformation into the heroic rebel leader, the Great Emancipator....
14) Fishers of men
Author
Series
Kingdom and the crown volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
The mortal ministry of Jesus brings great change to Palestine.
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.
16) Ruth: a novel
Author
Publisher
Christian Herald Books
Pub. Date
c1981.
Language
English
Description
There was strength in her gentleness, courage in her humility. Her devotion to Naomi and the God of the Israelites has come down through the ages as an inspiration to new generations, century after century. What was she like, this Moabite widow, this Ruth? Lois Henderson, one of today's finest biblical novelists, lifts the story of Ruth up and off the Bible's pages and into a moving drama played right before our eyes. We are taken back to Moab and...
Author
Series
Bible au féminin volume 3
Publisher
Three Rivers
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Set in the magnificent culture of the Middle East more than four thousand years ago, " Lilah" is a rich and emotionally resonant story of faith, love, and courage. Living in exile, Lilah is in love with Antinoes, a Persian warrior. They have known each other since they were children, and Antinoes dearly wants to make Lilah his wife. Yet Lilah does not feel she can marry without the blessing of her brother, Ezra. She and Ezra are close, and Lilah knows...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
Description
"For prosperous landowner Lazarus, hard work and extensive travel are a means to comfortably support his family, including his two sisters, Mary and Martha. Following a journey to sell his wares, Lazarus stumbles upon an opportunity to assist a stranger in need, delaying his return home. Through Lazarus's selfless act of service, he, Mary, and Martha find themselves standing witness to miracles they never dreamed possible in the presence of a man...
Author
Series
Chronicles of the Kings volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"God has rewarded Hezekiah's faithfulness with great wealth and power, but the king has much more to overcome. Will his faith sustain him against the ultimate enemy?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Promised land volume 2
Language
English
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Description
The prophet Uriah is on trial for treason, having intercepted sensitive military letters from Captain Laban. If Laban and the Elders in the Jerusalem Cirty Council have their way, Uriah, and the secrets that could prove to be Laban's undoing, will be forever silenced. Against such powerful odds, there remains but on person who can save Uriah: the prophet Lehi, but only at the risk of his own life, and the lives of his family members.
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