Showing posts with label biblical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biblical. Show all posts

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate

Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate by Diana Wallis Taylor

I picked this one up at the bookstore recently.  As you know, I love biblical fiction and I had read this author before.   There is very little in the Bible about Claudia, but it was obvious the author had done a great deal of research.  I found it very interesting and it gave me a lot of think about in terms of the climate of Jerusalem when Christ was crucified and risen.  


From the Back Cover

In a time of turmoil, one woman will search for love and peace--and find it where she never expected.
Tugged this way and that by fate's indifferent hand, Claudia's life is adrift--until she meets Lucius Pontius Pilate and becomes his wife. When they move to the troublesome territory of Judea, she does what she has always done: makes the best of it. But unrest is brewing and Claudia will soon find herself and her beloved husband embroiled in controversy and rebellion. Might she find hope in the mysterious Jewish Rabbi everyone seems to be talking about?

Let this epic story whisk you through marbled palaces, dusty marketplaces, and idyllic Italian villas as you follow the unlikely path of a woman who warrants only a passing mention in one of the Gospel accounts, but whose story, as told by Diana Wallis Taylor, is one worthy of legend.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Way behind on Left Behind

No one would accuse me of ever being on the cutting edge of ANYTHING, even reading.  I've been voraciously reading Christian fiction for over 8 years now, and I've just now decided to read the Left Behind series.  I know, I know!  Way behind on Left Behind.  I always avoided it because there was some controversy over it.  And let's face it, no one really knows what will happen at the Rapture.  But since I'm now an expert on have done a study on Revelation with Beth Moore (not actually WITH her, of course) I felt ready to handle it.  I actually like it so far.  I'm on the 3rd book and finding them hard to put down.  If you read my post about cliff hangers, you know that I am really impatient in waiting for the next book in a series I'm reading.  So it's actually good for me to read a series after ALL the books have been written.  It seems that the authors are sticking true to the prophesies found in Revelation, Daniel, Ezekiel, etc.  There is just a lot that has to be made up because, well, it hasn't happened yet. (If it has, ya'll, we're in trouble!).  

Anyone else want to add thoughts on this series?  Anyone?

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Still here and still reading

Well, the holidays (and the 6 or so weeks after) were busy and I neglected this little blog.  I'm sure the 3 of you who actually read it were checking diligently each day to see if  I updated.  I feel terrible about the disappointment this must have caused you, but I'm back now and I did read while I was busy so there will be many book reviews to make up for the time lost. (Totally kidding.  Except for the reading part).

I said I was going to post some reviews of all the Christmas-themed books I read but since tomorrow is already Valentines Day I will put that off for awhile.  Probably until next November.

I've mentioned before that I like Biblical fiction.  Last year the book club read Abigail, one of Jill Eileen Smith's Wives of King David series.  I liked that one so much I went back and read the other two (Michal and Bathsheba).  Her new endeavor is the Wives of the Patriarchs series.  This month in book club we read Sarai. I really enjoyed it.  Smith does such a good job of  staying as close as possible to the Bible.  When she has to stray because the Bible doesn't give the information she uses a plot line that is very plausible.  Of course after I read that one I had to get the next book, Rebekah.  Rebekah was good but there isn't as much about her in Scripture so most of the book is invented.  The author did a a good job, I just didn't find it as intriguing.  I am looking forward to seeing what she does with Leah and Rachel.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Love Biblical Fiction?

If this is your favorite genre, let me give you a few suggestions!


1. Author Angela Hunt
Her Biblically-based novels are Magdalene, The Shadow Women (women in Moses' life), Legacies of the Ancient River series (3 books on Joseph in Egypt)

2. Lineage of Grace series by Francine Rivers (5 novellas, one for each of the women included in the lineage of Jesus)

3. Author Jill Eileen Smith
She has several books based on women in the Bible.  I have read the Wives of King David series and loved them.

4. Acts of Faith series by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke.
These arse set during the time right after Jesus' resurrection, focusing on the early church.

5. Jesus Chronicles by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
One of each of the Gospels--in narrative form they tell the story of each one.  Excellent.  Especially loved John.

6. Hadassah:  One Night with King by Tommy Tenney and Mark-Andrew Olson.  Story of Esther.

7. The Fisherman by Larry Huntsberger   Story of Peter.  I loved this book, it makes you see Jesus in a whole different way.