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1) The red tent
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In a story based on the Book of Genesis, Jacob's only daughter, Dinah, shares her unique perspectives on the origins of many of our modern religious practices and sexual politics, eager to impart the lessons in endurance and humanity she has learned from her father's wives.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When an aging biblical scholar is fatally shot after revealing his possession of a unique parchment believed to have been written by Jesus, Father Aiden O'Brien investigates the victim's suspicions that a close friend was responsible, a case that is complicated by circumstances implicating the man's Alzheimer's victim wife.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Copany
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The first time she opens her eyes, Eve gazes on One whose beauty nearly blinds her, whose breath is in her lungs. Her Creator takes her hand and gives her to one like her and yet different. Together, she and Adam experience pure joy as they explore Eden. But her favorite moments are when the Creator comes to walk with them, day after day.Until everything changes. With one act of disobedience, Eve finds that her world is no longer a friendly place....
Author
Series
Acts of faith volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Description
In this riveting drama of the early church, Jacob, a young caravan guard, delivers messages among the new followers as he learns what it means to be a Christian--and to love and trust the young Greek girl who is neither accepted by the Jews or the Gentiles.
Julia has everything money can buy...except for acceptance by either the Gentiles or the Jews. Her Greek father already has a wife and family, leaving Julia and her Hebrew mother second-class...
9) Noah's ark
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells the biblical story of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God's call to save life on earth.
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Before the sacred Scriptures were ever written, there was a much earlier text: The Book of Nature. Barbara Mahany invites us to discover an ancient theology that focuses on the text of God first revealed through creation--nature in all its kaleidoscopic turnings." --
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
352 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The God of the Bible's Old Testament differs significantly from the God of the New. Jack Miles is fascinated by both, and delights in exploring this endlessly intriguing subject from various provocative angles. Miles regards the New Testament, in which God has become a man - that is, Christ - as an epilogue to the Hebrew scriptures. The 'crisis' in the title of this unconventional reexamination of the four Gospels is that God-as-Christ is brutally...
16) Many waters
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1986
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The fifteen-year-old Murry twins, Sandy and Dennys, are accidentally sent back to a strange Biblical time period, in which mythical beasts roam the desert and a man named Noah is building a boat in preparation for a great flood.
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Physical Desc
575 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 34 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents one hundred twenty-five original maps showing prominent locations, journeys, battles, kingdoms, and empires discussed in the Bible and includes information on topography, geology, climate, vegetation, and key physical features of the region.
19) The secret chord
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the arc of King David's journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage.
20) Daughter of Cana
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
535 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thomas and Tasmin, twin siblings hired to oversee a wedding feast in Cana, worry when the host runs out of wine . . . until a guest tells Tasmin to have the servants fill the pitchers by the gate with water from the cistern. Reluctantly, she obeys and is amazed when rainwater turns into the finest wine ever tasted in Cana. When Thomas impulsively decides to follow the teacher from Nazareth, he and Tasmin argue--since the twins have been together...