An edition of The centurion's wife (2009)

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An edition of The centurion's wife (2009)

The centurion's wife

  • 4.50 ·
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Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage, is secretly commissioned to discover the truth behind the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine while also being engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions as leader of the Roman garrison near Galilee.

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Publisher
Bethany House
Language
English
Pages
378

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Cover of: The Centurion's Wife
The Centurion's Wife
2010, Baker Publishing Group
eBook in English
Cover of: De vrouw van de centurio
De vrouw van de centurio
2010, Het Zoeklicht
in Dutch
Cover of: The Centurion's Wife
The Centurion's Wife
Nov 08, 2009, Crossings
hardcover
Cover of: The centurion's wife
The centurion's wife
2009, Thorndike Press
in English
Cover of: The centurion's wife
The centurion's wife
2009, Bethany House
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Minneapolis, Minn
Series
Acts of faith -- bk 1

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3552.U4718 C46 2009b, PS3552.U4718C46 2009, PS3552.U4718C46

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
378

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22552157M
Internet Archive
centurionswife0000bunn
ISBN 13
9780764206542, 9780764205149, 9780764206559
LCCN
2008041670
OCLC/WorldCat
258330525
Library Thing
6821845
Goodreads
6464955
3900619
6223253

Work Description

Janette Oke has dreamed for years of retelling a story in a biblical time frame from a female protagonist's perspective, and Davis Bunn is elated to be working with her again on this sweeping saga of the dramatic events surrounding the birth of Christianity...and the very personal story of Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage trapped in a vortex of competing political agendas and private trauma.Caught up in the maelstrom following the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine, Leah finds herself also engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions. Head of the garrison near Galilee, he has been assigned by Palestine's governor to ferret out the truth behind rumors of a political execution gone awry. Leah's mistress, the governor's wife, secretly commissions Leah also to discover what really has become of this man whose death--and missing body--is causing such furor.This epic drama is threaded with the tale of an unlikely romance and framed with dangers and betrayals from unexpected sources. At its core, The Centurion's Wife unfolds the testing of loyalties--between two young people whose inner searchings they cannot express, between their irreconcilable heritages, and ultimately between their humanity and the Divine they yearn to encounter.

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