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Star of Destiny
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ISBN10: 1035854082
ISBN13: 9781035854080
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Published: Aug 16 2024
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.86
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781035854080
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Published: Aug 16 2024
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.86
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Flavius Septimus, the commander of the Sepphoris garrison in Galilee, harbors a dark secret that casts a shadow over the lives of his son, Linus Flavian, and Maria of Magdala. In these novels, Linus, Maria, and Joshua, the Biblical Jesus, are born under a mysterious star in a world steeped in superstition and intrigue. As the Jewish Temple hierarchy, the Herodian dynasty, and the Romans vie for power in tumultuous first-century Judea, their adolescent lives unfold, intertwined with personal destinies shaped by the beliefs surrounding their births under that enigmatic star.
In providing historical, economic, and religious details, Peter Longley builds a bridge between spiritual divinity and traditional Christianity. Finally, it's a relief to find a theologian that makes sense of the Bible and its many translations!
- Jeanette Parker, USA
Longley blends a fantastic mixture of historical and fictional figures and events to narrate the early lives of Joshua, (also known as Jesus of Nazareth, ) Maria, (also known as Mary Magdalene, ) and Linus Flavius, (the fictitious son of a high-ranking Roman official.) Using simple, effective prose, Longley tells an engaging tale that offers plausible explanations of those well-known stories of the miraculous, such as the virgin birth and the turning of water into wine. Longley tells an intriguing story in a setting that is both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
- Sacramento and San Francisco Book Reviews, USA
Longley's feeling for the Roman and Jewish point of view is superb.
- Dorothy Thompson, Scotland
I very much enjoy your interpretation of the life of Jesus and feel it is much more logical than the accepted version. I have always had a fascination with Mary Magdalene and her life as well. I found this book to be very interesting. Nothing I have read on Mary Magdalene has had the same sort of story line including that of her mother.
- Cheryl Huffman, USA
- Jeanette Parker, USA
Longley blends a fantastic mixture of historical and fictional figures and events to narrate the early lives of Joshua, (also known as Jesus of Nazareth, ) Maria, (also known as Mary Magdalene, ) and Linus Flavius, (the fictitious son of a high-ranking Roman official.) Using simple, effective prose, Longley tells an engaging tale that offers plausible explanations of those well-known stories of the miraculous, such as the virgin birth and the turning of water into wine. Longley tells an intriguing story in a setting that is both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
- Sacramento and San Francisco Book Reviews, USA
Longley's feeling for the Roman and Jewish point of view is superb.
- Dorothy Thompson, Scotland
I very much enjoy your interpretation of the life of Jesus and feel it is much more logical than the accepted version. I have always had a fascination with Mary Magdalene and her life as well. I found this book to be very interesting. Nothing I have read on Mary Magdalene has had the same sort of story line including that of her mother.
- Cheryl Huffman, USA
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