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Available
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Series
Publication
Harper & Row (1985), 230 pages
Description
This novelized version of the youth of Jesus Christ was preceded by the story of Mary and Joseph, Two from Galilee (1972).
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LibraryThing member ccookie
First line:
Hannah had been restless all night.
In Three from Galilee, Marjorie Holmes creates an imaginary childhood and youth for Jesus. Here she deals with his ministry and Passion. Because this is fiction it allows for some imaginative directions that may or may not make sense to all based on
Since these are 'what might have been' I found it easy to suspend any disbelief about what I was reading and relax and just enjoy this for what it was.
I did find it interesting the way that Holmes wound 'bible stories' into this part of Jesus' life, for instance one of his brothers left home stealing his inheritance and returned many years later like the prodigal son.
An enjoyable read. I am ready to pass this book on to someone else now.
Hannah had been restless all night.
In Three from Galilee, Marjorie Holmes creates an imaginary childhood and youth for Jesus. Here she deals with his ministry and Passion. Because this is fiction it allows for some imaginative directions that may or may not make sense to all based on
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your religions interpretation of Jesus life. Since these are 'what might have been' I found it easy to suspend any disbelief about what I was reading and relax and just enjoy this for what it was.
I did find it interesting the way that Holmes wound 'bible stories' into this part of Jesus' life, for instance one of his brothers left home stealing his inheritance and returned many years later like the prodigal son.
An enjoyable read. I am ready to pass this book on to someone else now.
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LibraryThing member CarmenMilligan
I liked this book even better than the previous in the trilogy. While some fundamentalists may think it heretical, I found it to be very believable, tender and true to the Word of God.
Mary and Joseph have returned to Nazareth, to their families, to start their own family. The relationships are
Jesus and John's stories are thought provoking as familiar stories from the Bible are woven into the fabric of the lives in the book. Parables' beginnings are explored in a unique and wonderful ways, again making the stories from the Bible even more compelling. It made me go to my Bible to read the words of Jesus, as he told the parables he lived in the book.
The story is tense at times, however, as he realizes fully who he is and what his destiny will be. My F2F book club is going to read the third in the series, The Messiah, for Easter, and I am glad there will be a break in between this one and the next.
This is one that I will purchase, and I highly recommend it.
Mary and Joseph have returned to Nazareth, to their families, to start their own family. The relationships are
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very real, from the sibling rivalry to the great friend of the family whom the children call "uncle". Jesus and John's stories are thought provoking as familiar stories from the Bible are woven into the fabric of the lives in the book. Parables' beginnings are explored in a unique and wonderful ways, again making the stories from the Bible even more compelling. It made me go to my Bible to read the words of Jesus, as he told the parables he lived in the book.
The story is tense at times, however, as he realizes fully who he is and what his destiny will be. My F2F book club is going to read the third in the series, The Messiah, for Easter, and I am glad there will be a break in between this one and the next.
This is one that I will purchase, and I highly recommend it.
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LibraryThing member berthashaver
I found this book to be Biblically accurate and is borderline blasphemous.
Some of the author's creations that I found offensive are:
Salome, a fictional sister of Mary is married to Ephraim and Ephraim approaches her about taking a second wife.
Mary's mother, is portrayed as being short tempered
Jesus' father, Joseph, is critically injured when Jesus is a young man when a tree falls on him. Mary begs Jesus to heal him. He does not and Joseph soon dies from the injuries he sustains in that accident.
There is a strange reference to Jesus' brother, Matthew and the Parable of the Prodigal son.
The flirtations and relationship Jesus has with Tamara.
There isn't a lot of meat in the Bible about Jesus as a young man, but had the book been about Jesus as a teacher, leader, teacher of Parables and included the Sermon on the Mount, choosing the disciples and his life healing the sick it would have been much more enjoyable and she would not have had to "make up so much."
The author has taken a sacred story and injected too many thoughts of her own of the young Jesus and taken too many liberties and interpretations.
Some of the author's creations that I found offensive are:
Salome, a fictional sister of Mary is married to Ephraim and Ephraim approaches her about taking a second wife.
Mary's mother, is portrayed as being short tempered
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and not very loving as a wife or a mother.Jesus' father, Joseph, is critically injured when Jesus is a young man when a tree falls on him. Mary begs Jesus to heal him. He does not and Joseph soon dies from the injuries he sustains in that accident.
There is a strange reference to Jesus' brother, Matthew and the Parable of the Prodigal son.
The flirtations and relationship Jesus has with Tamara.
There isn't a lot of meat in the Bible about Jesus as a young man, but had the book been about Jesus as a teacher, leader, teacher of Parables and included the Sermon on the Mount, choosing the disciples and his life healing the sick it would have been much more enjoyable and she would not have had to "make up so much."
The author has taken a sacred story and injected too many thoughts of her own of the young Jesus and taken too many liberties and interpretations.
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Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1985
Physical description
7 x 1 inches
ISBN
0060151005 / 9780060151003