Biblical
After Abel and Other Stories
Michal Lemberger, teacher of Bible as Literature at the American University in Los Angeles, collects nine short stories of women in…
Shadow of the Mountain: A Novel of the Flood
Editors' choice
Scott Rezer’s hugely intriguing new novel Shadow of the Mountain presents a version of the Noah story from the Old…
The Pharaoh’s Daughter
The character many may know as Bithiah from the film The Ten Commandments gets her own story in Andrews’ latest…
Esther: Royal Beauty
The biblical story of Queen Esther and how she and her cousin, Mordecai, saved the Jews from certain death in…
The Tongues of Men or Angels
In this story of Jesus and the rise of Christianity, miracles have down-to-earth explanations and the realities of Roman-occupied Judaea…
The Tomb: A Novel of Martha
The Tomb is a recreation of the story of Martha, Mary and Lazarus, teased from scant details provided by biblical…
The Crimson Cord: Rahab’s Story
Rahab’s captivity begins with her marriage to a gambler whose debts can only be paid by selling her into slavery.…
Angels at the Gate
Angels at the Gate is a clever retelling of the biblical story leading up to the destruction of Sodom and…
A. D. 30
Maviah is rejected by her Bedouin sheikh father and his son at first. However, they are attacked by an enemy…
The Legend of Sheba: Rise of a Queen
“There is a tale that is told: A desert queen journeyed north with a caravan of riches to pay tribute…
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