Kazantzakis – Last temptation of Christ

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Author Kazantzakis, Nikos

Title Last temptation of Christ

Publisher New York : Simon and Schuster, 1960

Description 506 pages ; 22 cm

Summary The internationally renowned novel about the life and death of Jesus Christ. Hailed as a masterpiece by critics worldwide, The Last Temptation of Christ is a monumental reinterpretation of the Gospels that brilliantly fleshes out Christ’s Passion. This literary rendering of the life of Jesus Christ has courted controversy since its publication by depicting a Christ far more human than the one seen in the Bible. He is a figure who is gloriously divine but earthy and human, a man like any other-subject to fear, doubt, and pain. In elegant, thoughtful prose Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the greats of modern literature, follows this Jesus as he struggles to live out God’s will for him, powerfully suggesting that it was Christ’s ultimate triumph over his flawed humanity, when he gave up the temptation to run from the cross and willingly laid down his life for mankind, that truly made him the venerable redeemer of men.

This book was given a non-fiction number for discussion purposes.

Subject Bible — New Testament — History of biblical events — Fiction

Jesus Christ — Fiction

Jesus Christ.

ISBN 08028718369780802871831

Lemmons – Jabez

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Lemmons

Personal Author:

Lemmons, Thom.

Title:

Jabez : a novel / Thom Lemmons.

Publication info:

Colorado Springs, CO : Waterbrook Press, c2001.

Physical description:

129 p. ; 20 cm.

Summary:

You know the prayer…Now you can know the story.
His prayer for God’s blessing is changing the lives of millions of people thousands of years after he prayed it. Now meet Jabez the man–and experience…
• his love for a mother whose bitter tears he could never forget
• his longing for relief from the pain that marked his past and present–and that seemed destined to engulf his future
• his life of struggle with a broken family among a dispirited people who had forgotten their God
• his struggle to find faith, then his courage in clinging to it
• his journey toward God’s surprising answers to his bold prayer for blessing and expanded borders.
Follow this compelling story of two pain-stricken people–a young man and his mother–in one of the Bible’s most turbulent eras. Experience the many-sided paradox of blessing versus struggle, and one man’s relentless, unshakable pursuit of God’s hand upon his life.

Personal subject:

Jabez (Biblical figure)–Fiction.

Title subject:

Bible. O.T. Chronicles–History of Biblical events–Fiction.

Title subject:

Bible. O.T. Judges–History of Biblical events–Fiction.

Subject term:

Jews–History–To 586 B.C.–Fiction.

ISBN:

1578565634

Tags:

battles, Bible Study, biblical fiction, biographical fiction, blessings ,Christian, Christian Fiction, Christian Literature, God, historical fiction, history, Old Testament, prayer, spiritual, war

Wangerin – Jesus

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Wangerin

Personal Author:

Wangerin, Walter.

Title:

Jesus : a novel / Walter Wangerin, Jr.

Publication info:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2005.

Physical description:

391 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Book 1: The son of God: The room — The story — Fathers and the father — Two nativities — Departures — A voice — This question: “What are you looking for?” — Engaging the enemy — Book 2: The shepherd of the people: A homecoming — Arrest — A wedding — Signs, wonders — An itinerant — A carpenter in town — Follow — Home again, alone — Magdala, Matthew, Eleazar, Maryam — At night, at sea — Swine — Light — Neighbors — Departures — A story and a story — Save my son — Sheep — Before his foes — Breaking stride — Peter — Shepherd — His face radiant — Children — At the jabbok — Over the Jordan — Book 3: The sacrifice of the messiah: Sunday 1: The beloved — Monday: Mary — Tuesday: The beloved — Wednesday: Mary — Wednesday night — Thursday: The beloved — Friday: Mary and the beloved — Saturday: Miscellanea — Sunday 2 — Mim — Revival — Departure — Word.

Personal subject:

Jesus Christ–Fiction.

Title subject:

Bible. N.T.–History of Biblical events–Fiction.

ISBN:

0310266734

Traylor – John, son of thunder

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Traylor

Author     Traylor, Ellen Gunderson.
Title     John, son of thunder / Ellen Gunderson Traylor.
Pub Info     Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c1979.
Summary
Descript     447 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject     John, the Apostle, Saint — Fiction.
Bible. N.T. — History of Biblical events — Fiction.
ISBN     0842319255 (pbk.)

Traylor – Jerusalem

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Traylor

Personal Author:

Traylor, Ellen Gunderson.

Title:

Jerusalem–the city of God : a novel / Ellen Gunderson Traylor.

Publication info:

Eugene, Or. : Harvest House, c1995.

Physical description:

xi, 631 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary:

Written chronologically in a novel format,  describing the setting, people, and character of the city at each point in time, this is an impressively ambitious, slightly whimsical, and never-boring tale.  The city, Jerusalem, is so sacred it captures the imagination. Generations have lived in the shadows of its walls-Abraham, Isaac, David, Bathsheba, Jesus, Invaders, Crusaders, the dispersed people of Israel returning at last to their beloved homeland. This is a sweeping saga of their loves, losses, hopes, and glories. Amid the remarkable human drama is revealed the hand of One who calls the city His own.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–History–Fiction.

ISBN:

0890819858 (pbk.) : $12.99

Tenney – Hadassah

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Tenney

Personal Author:

Tenney, Tommy, 1956-

Title:

Hadassah : one night with the King / by Tommy Tenney with Mark Andrew Olsen.

Publication info:

Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House Publishers, c2004.

Summary:

Both a thriller and a Jewish woman’s memoir, Hadassah takes readers to ancient Persia (now known as Iraq), into the inner sanctum of the palace and back out into the war zones of battle and political intrigue. This gripping drama of a simple peasant girl chosen over many more qualified candidates to become Esther, Queen of Persia, captures the imagination and fires the emotions.

Personal subject:

Esther, Queen of Persia–Fiction.

Personal subject:

Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519-465 or 4 B.C.–Fiction.

Title subject:

Bible. O.T.–History of Biblical events–Fiction.

Subject term:

Women in the Bible–Fiction.

Subject term:

Queens–Iran–Fiction.

Geographic term:

Iran–History–To 640–Fiction.

Added author:

Olsen, Mark, 1954-

ISBN:

0764227378 : 19.99

Hunt – Shadow women

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Hunt

Personal Author:

Hunt, Angela Elwell, 1957-

Title:

The shadow women / Angela Elwell Hunt.

Publication info:

New York : Warner Books, 2002.

Physical description:

p. cm.

Summary:

This epic novel tells the story of Moses from the viewpoints of the women who loved him-from his mother and sister, who saved him by giving him up to the Egyptian princess who adopted him, to the shepherd’s daughter he married. One called him son. One called him brother. One called him husband. And all three suffered for him. Under the shadow of ancient Egypt, a baby boy is born to a peasant woman. His young sister leaves him in a basket in a river, hiding in the rushes to watch over him until a princess comes to claim the child as her own. The princess names him Moses, and he grows to become a man whose life is characterized by violence and terror, but equally by faith, and whose sacrifice ultimately leads to the redemption and liberation of his people from slavery. “The Shadow Women” is a novel full of passion and intrigue that offers a fresh perspective on one of the most enigmatic figures in biblical history.

Personal subject:

Moses (Biblical leader)–Fiction.

Title subject:

Bible. O.T.–History of Biblical events–Fiction.

ISBN:

0446530115 : 19.95

Diamant – Red Tent

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Diamant

Personal Author:

Diamant, Anita.

Title:

The red tent / Anita Diamant.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

New York : Picadore USA, 1997.

Physical description:

viii, 321 p. ; 25 cm.

Summary:

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons.

Told in Dinah’s voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood-the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers-Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah-the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that are to sustain her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah’s story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate, immediate connection.

Personal subject:

Dinah (Biblical figure)–Fiction.

Title subject:

Bible. O.T. Genesis–History of Biblical events–Fiction.

Subject term:

Women in the Bible–Fiction.

ISBN:

0312195516

Tags:

Bible, biblical, biblical fiction, Dinah, Egypt, feminism, historical, historical fiction, history, Jewish, Judaism, Middle East, Old Testament, religion, women

 

Douglas – Robe

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Douglas

Personal Author:

Douglas, Lloyd C. (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951.

Title:

The robe / Lloyd C. Douglas ; with an introduction by Andrew M. Greeley.

Publication info:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 194299.

Physical description:

vii, 508 p.

Summary:

A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ’s robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene’s robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set against the vividly limned background of ancient Rome. This classic novel is a timeless story of adventure, faith, and romance, a tale of spiritual longing and ultimate redemption.

Personal subject:

Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.–Fiction.

Personal subject:

Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41–Fiction.

Personal subject:

Jesus Christ–Fiction.

Subject term:

Holy Coat–Fiction.

ISBN:

0395407990

Ferreira – David: the warrior king

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Ferreira

Personal Author:

Ferreira, David J.

Title:

David:  the warrior king / David J. Ferreira

Publication info:

Alachua, FL:  Bridge-Logos, c2009

Physical description:

429 p.:  Biblio. (p. 429)

Summary:

David comes to life in this historical novel on the biblical figure, King David. His life story contains intrigue, passion, deceit, faith, love, fear, massive wars, hopes and dreams, bravery, sins, and repentance-all the elements of a best seller.  Readers will understand that there was a physical world surrounding the people of the Bible, and that the text is more than just words. It’s a history of these great people who lived in a completely different world yet suffered the same modern-day troubles. Through the events of the main character, readers will learn Bible lessons and come to know the face of God. They will learn that David’s power was rooted in unrestrained repentance, making him a man after God’s own heart.

Subject term:

David—King—Old Testament—Fiction:

9780882709291

Tags:

Bible, Biblical fiction, David, fiction, King David