Hunt, Angela Elwell
Summary: "Thomas and Tasmin, twin siblings hired to oversee a wedding feast in Cana, worry when the host runs out of wine . . . until a guest tells Tasmin to have the servants fill the pitchers by the gate with water from the cistern. Reluctantly, she obeys and is amazed when rainwater turns into the finest wine ever tasted in Cana. When Thomas impulsively decides to follow the teacher from Nazareth, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HUNSmith, Jill Eileen
Summary: "Eve has spent all of her days in the Garden, exploring with Adam and walking with their Creator-until the day everything changes. Suddenly she faces darkness she has never before experienced. How will she find the courage to face the unknown future and trust in the promises God has given?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMICarr, Patrick W.
Summary: "Following his vision of the coming Messiah, the prophet Daniel creates a select group of men who will count down the calendar to the arrival of Israel's promised king. Centuries later, as the day nears, Myrad, a young magi acolyte, flees for his life when his adoptive father and others are put to death by a ruthless Parthian queen. Having grabbed only a few possessions, Myrad escapes the city,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARSmith, Jill Eileen
Summary: "Esther is poised to save her people from annihilation. Relying on a fragile trust in a silent God, can she pit her wisdom against a vicious enemy and win?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMIThomas, M. J.
Summary: Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to the time of the battle of Jericho, where they meet Israelite spies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THODunne, James Patrick
Summary: Young readers discover the true meaning of Christmas through a young shepherd's story told in a familiar and beloved rhyme scheme.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Holiday DunneAndrews, Mesu
Summary: A Hebrew girl first tasted it when she escaped death nearly seventy years ago as the Babylonians ransacked Jerusalem and took their finest as captives. She thought she'd perfected in the many years amongst the Magoi and the idol worshippers, pretending with all the others in King Nebuchadnezzar's court. Now, as Daniel's wife and a septuagenarian matriarch, Belili thinks she's safe and she can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Waterbrook 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION ANDAfshar, Tessa
Summary: "The beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Keren is sold into Daniel's household to help her family survive. She becomes Daniel's most trusted scribe, while taking lessons and swordsmanship training alongside Daniel's sons and their best friend, Jared. But after a tragic accident changes the course of her life, Keren finds herself in a foreign country, charged with a mysterious task:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment, she's grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife. Vivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOLAustin, Lynn N.
Summary: "After years in exile, Iddo and his grandson Zechariah follow God's leading home to Jerusalem, where they struggle to rebuild their lives and God's temple--bringing to life the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Pub Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AUSAndrews, Mesu
Summary: "After four-year-old Asenath's mother is murdered by Egypt's foreign rulers, the child is raised to be a priestess by her overprotective father -- high priest of Egypt's sun god. For fifteen years, Asenath is sequestered in the upper levels of Ra's temple, convinced it is her destiny to heal the land by becoming queen to the next Egyptian pharaoh. But when Egypt's foreign king instead gives her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AndrewsAfshar, Tessa.
Summary: At the age of 15 Rahab is forced into prostitution by her beloved father. Into the emotional turmoil of her world walks Salmone, a respected leader of Judah. Through the tribulations of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true source of one another's worth in God and find healing from fear and rejection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC AFSTaylor, Diana Wallis
Summary: A fictional retelling of Mary Magdalene as she enters womanhood and has high hopes for the future until one fateful night that changes everything as nightmares and waking visions break Mary down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Publishing 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC TAYKimmelman, Leslie
Summary: Together Eve and Adam experience their first day--and night-- in the Garden of Eden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Apples & Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMAfshar, Tessa.
Summary: After losing her husband, Ruth leaves her home to follow her beloved mother-in-law, Naomi, to Israel, where she lives a life of hardship until the wealthy and honored owner of the field where she works begins to show her favor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC AFSBunn, T. Davis
Summary: In first-century Judea, followers of The Way have burgeoned into a vibrant, growing community that cannot be ignored. Jerusalem is in turmoil as religious leaders on one side and Roman rulers on the other conspire to stamp out the fledgling church. Abigail, who thought she had finally found home and safety, is caught between the opposing forces. And now two suitors desire the lovely Abigail's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BUNSmith, Jill Eileen
Summary: "In her eventful lifetime, Miriam was many things to many people: protective older sister, song leader, prophetess, leper. But between the highs and the lows, she was a girl who dreamed of freedom, a woman who longed for love, a leader who made mistakes, and a friend who valued connection. With her impeccable research and keen eye for detail, bestselling author Jill Eileen Smith offers this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Smith 2021Afshar, Tessa
Summary: "Jemmah has always thought of herself as perfectly ordinary . . . until she faces extraordinary circumstances. When her mother, the Persian king's famous senior scribe, is kidnapped, Jemmah and her sister must sneak undetected into enemy territory to rescue her. But infiltrating their adversary's lands proves easier than escaping them. Fleeing through dangerous mountain passes, their survival...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AfsharToibin, Colm
Summary: A provocative imagining of the later years of the mother of Jesus finds her living a solitary existence in Ephesus years after her son's crucifixion and struggling with guilt, anger, and feelings that her son is not the son of God and that His sacrifice was not for a worthy cause.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOBKaufman, Heather (Heather M.)
Summary: "Responsible for raising her siblings, Lazarus and Mary, after her mother's untimely death, Martha finds solace in friendship and the beginnings of first love, until adversity strikes again. Many years later, a life-changing encounter with Jesus of Nazareth reawakens Martha's heart, even as she faces an unknown future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC KAUThoene, Bodie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC THOLaHaye, Tim F.
Summary: Portrays the story of how Levi the tax collector became Matthew, the apostle of Jesus Christ and one of the great authors of the Gospels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LAHAndrews, Mesu
Summary: "Before she is Potiphar's wife, Zuleika is the daughter of a king and the wife of a prince. She rules the isle of Crete alongside her mother in the absence of their seafaring husbands. But when tragedy nearly destroys Crete, Zuleika must sacrifice her future to save the Minoan people she loves. Zuleika's father believes his robust trade with Egypt will ensure Pharaoh's obligation to marry his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction AndrewsTaylor, Diana Wallis
Summary: Martha, the sister of Mary and Lazarus, devotes herself to caring for her family, is abandoned by her betrothed, is drawn to a Roman soldier, and finds meaning and grace in her life when she meets the Teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell 2011