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The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years-except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia Inquirer). Verily, the story Biff has to tell is a miraculous...
2) The red tent
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Language
English
Description
Based on the Book of Genesis, Dinah, Jacob's only daughter, shares her perspectives on the origins of many of our modern religious practices and sexual politics, imparting the lessons she has learned from her father's wives.
Author
Series
Jesus chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ninety-year-old John, the last surviving apostle, remembers his broken life before befriending Jesus and is called upon to write a gospel that definitively establishes Jesus as the Son of God.
Author
Series
Christ the Lord volume 2
Language
English
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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.
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Lions of Judah volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A historical fiction look at the ancestry of Jesus, this book tells Noah's story and how he stood firm against the world. Lions of Judah book 1.
Author
Series
Christ the Lord volume 1
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 127 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A retelling of six stories from the Old Testament, which explore the complexity of love from the perspective of Ruth, Delilah, Reuben, Isaac, Gamiel, and Zillah.
8) Unveiled
Author
Series
Lineage of grace volume 1
Language
English
Description
Teenage bride Tamar is thrust into a world of abuse and disillusionment, and she must decide if she will let her new husband Er corrupt her or embrace the god of the Hebrews to avoid despair.
Author
Series
Women of Genesis volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
x, 390 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xi, 564 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
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.
12) Brothers
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Series
Legacies of the ancient river volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates events from the life of a girl who would grow up to be a close follower of Jesus Christ, interspersed with stories of the Apostle Matthew. Includes author's note distinguishing what Scripture says of Mary Magdalene from later traditions.
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