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The Gospel According to the Son: A Novel

The Gospel According to the Son: A Novel

by Norman Mailer

For two thousand years, the brief ministry of a young Nazarene preacher has remained the largest single determinant of Western civilization's triumphs and disasters. Now, Norman Mailer has written a novel about Jesus's life. Is God speaking to me? Jesus asks. Or am I hearing voices? If the voices are from God, why has He chosen me as His son? And if they are not from God, then who gave me the power to perform... (more)

The Book of Abraham

by Marek Halter, Lowell Bair

The story begins in Jerusalem in 70 AD as Abraham the Temple scribe flees the destruction of his home. Two thousand years and a hundred generations later, another Abraham perishes, immolated in the fires of the Warsaw Ghetto.

The Art of Biblical Narrative

by Robert Alter

A distinguished professor of Hebrew and comparative literature examines the Old Testament stories from a literary point of view.

At Jesus' Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene

At Jesus' Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene

by Doug Batchelor

"Someone to love me." That's all she wanted--all anyone really wants. We are all addicts, "sinaholics," says the author, trying to fill with various addictions a gaping void in our hearts designed for God. Take Mary Magdalene. She was a prosperous prostitute, but her life was one sad, sordid story--until she met Someone who loved her with a pure, unconditional love. Ever afterward the shame of her past was... (more)

Three Days: A Mother's Story (Carlson, Melody)

Three Days: A Mother's Story (Carlson, Melody)

by Melody Carlson

Being a mom is tough enough - but raising God's own Son? This novella imagines Mary's rich, complex experiences as Jesus' mother.

I, Judas (Signet)

by Jess Stearn, Taylor Caldwell

A Crown in the Stars (Genesis Trilogy)

by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

A Crown in the Stars follows the growing rebellion of mankind as the tribes of the earth continue building the great tower begun by Nimr-Rada (commonly known as Nimrod). After the Most High Himself thwarts their plans by confounding human speech, He comforts His followers by revealing to them the identity of Avram, father of the tribe that will bring forth their savior, the Promised One.

Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith

Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith

by Nora Gallagher

"Gracefully written and moving ... Things Seen and Unseen starts with Nora Gallagher entering the labyrinth of her life ... and ultimately it leads to the center of her being."-- The Boston Globe It started with an occasional Sunday, a "tourist's" visit to a local church. Eventually Nora Gallagher entered into a yearlong journey to discover her faith and a relationship with God, using the Christian calendar as... (more)

Moses - The Deliverer

by Ellen Gunderson Traylor

Moses comes alive as the brilliant young prince of Pharaoh's court, a man torn between a secret love for his Hebrew kinsmen and his dedication to Egypt. His life takes a radical turn when he slays an Egyptian and is forced to flee his royal heritage. How God molds his character and guides him to save his people is a powerful story of human nature and divine love.

Noah

by Ellen Gunderson Traylor

There were giants in the earth in those days..." It was a virgin earth gone wrong: a world touched by strange creatures, angelic beings, and the wickedness of men. Only one man warned of the cataclysm to come. Noah as you never knew him! This may be the most unusual novel you will ever read! Hailed by critics for its daring theories of the pre-Flood world and the preacher of righteousness.

Living Water

by Obery M. Hendricks

In the Bible she is a fleeting but haunting presence, the iconic "woman at the well" who encounters Jesus. Inspired by this tantalizing biblical scene, Obery Hendricks's Living Water spins the complete story of her life in rich, gripping detail. From a childhood torn between love and violence through a tumultuous coming-of-age,she struggles to mute her passion for life in a society that wants to break her... (more)

Vinegar Boy (Revised ed)

by Alberta Hawse

On the day that he had planned to ask Jesus to heal him of a disfiguring birthmark, orphaned Vinegar Boy is caught up in the events surrounding Jesus' crucifixion.

Maccabee

by David C. Carson

Long before the world ever heard of Adolph Hitler, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hezbollah, or Hamas, a Syrian king calling himself Antiochus Epiphanes called for the destruction of the Jewish nation. Against impossible odds, one elderly priest and his five sons stood up to the king. One of those sons became known as the Maccabee. It was the passion, faith, and military genius of the Maccabee that... (more)

Nature, Reality, and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion (Theology and the Sciences)

Nature, Reality, and the Sacred: The Nexus of Science and Religion (Theology and the Sciences)

by Langdon Brown Gilkey

Unveiling Mary Magdalene

by Liz Curtis Higgs

Discover the Gospel truth about the most myth-understood woman of the New Testament. Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? An adulteress? The wife of Jesus? An ancient goddess? Liz Curtis Higgs, best-selling author of BAD GIRLS OF THE BIBLE, combines heartfelt contemporary fiction with extensive biblical research to bring to life the real Mary Magdalene of the Bible. Previously released as MAD MARY in 2001,... (more)

Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible: Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God

Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible: Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God

by Liz Curtis Higgs

Good Women Behaving Badly A spiteful boss, a defiant employee, a manipulative mother, a desperate housewife, an envious sister…honey, we know these women. We’ve lived with them, worked with them, or caught a glimpse of them in our mirrors. Now let’s take a look at their ancient counterparts in Scripture: Sarah mistreated her maidservant, Hagar despised her mistress, Rebekah manipulated her son, Leah ... (more)

Mary A NovelSholem; (translated by) Steinberg, Leo Asch

Mary A Novel

by Sholem; (translated by) Steinberg, Leo Asch

He Who Lifts the Skies (Genesis Trilogy)

He Who Lifts the Skies (Genesis Trilogy)

by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

Powerful imagery creates a 'you are there' immersion in the story of the post-Flood world. Kacy Barnett-Gramckow fans raved about her extraordinary job of moving the Flood off the Sunday School flannelgraph board and into life in the Heavens Before. Now, she continues to flesh out the Bible's brief account of the rise of Nimrod and the Babel rebellion with scintillating characters and a wealth of imaginative... (more)

The Heavens Before (Genesis Trilogy)

by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

Marginalized by society and mistreated by her own family, Annah befriends a young man she's never seen before. Shem is captivated by Annah's courage, and he risks everything to help her gain her freedom. Trusting in the Most High, Annah marries Shem and joins her strange new family in their solitary faith that will ultimately separate them from an ancient world of amazing beauty and appalling violence -- a world... (more)

John, Son of Thunder

by Ellen Gunderson Traylor

The author takes John down desert paths, through the courts of the Holy City, and to his exile on Patmos. This is a fictional saga of adventure, romance, and discovery.

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by Norman Mailer

by Marek Halter, Lowell Bair

by Robert Alter

by Doug Batchelor

by Melody Carlson

by Jess Stearn, Taylor Caldwell

by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

by Nora Gallagher

by Ellen Gunderson Traylor

by Ellen Gunderson Traylor

by Obery M. Hendricks

by Alberta Hawse

by David C. Carson

by Langdon Brown Gilkey

by Liz Curtis Higgs

by Liz Curtis Higgs

by Sholem; (translated by) Steinberg, Leo Asch

by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

by Kacy Barnett-Gramckow

by Ellen Gunderson Traylor