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Nehemiah is a mere cup bearer (food taster) to the King of Persia in a palace one thousand miles from…
Miriam
Miriam is the sister of Moses. She watched her infant brother be rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter, and later wept when…
The Ironsmith
Noah is a pious Galilean ironsmith whose cousin Joshua, a carpenter, begins preaching a dangerous message after the death of John…
Risen
A readable novelization of the original screenplay, Risen closely follows the short segment of the Gospel of Matthew following the…
A.D. 33
Maviah, Queen of a Bedouin tribe, is also known as Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah’s love, Judah, is imprisoned by…
The Prophetess: Deborah’s Story
The Bible is the world’s first storybook, and it is chock full of enthralling tales of adventure. The biblical story…
Bathsheba: Reluctant Beauty
996 BC, Jerusalem: Bathsheba is considered a tob woman, a Hebrew word meaning a woman of great beauty and sensual…
Game of Queens: A Novel of Vashti and Esther
This is a sprawling tale that, despite the title, is as much about two men, Daniel and Hegai, as it…
Esther
Award-winning author Rebecca Kanner returns to the Old Testament, this time drawing from one of the most powerful and often-portrayed…
Day of Atonement: A Novel of the Maccabean Revolt
The story line of this debut novel revolves around the increased oppression dished out by the regime of Antiochus IV…
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