Original novel title: The Testament.
Author: Eric Van Lustbader
Publisher: New York, NY: Tom Doherty Associates, 2006 (hardcover), 2007 (paperback)
Thriller writer Van Lustbader tackles the New Testament of the Bible in what can only be described as yet another Da Vinci Code readalike. According to the dustjacket, "For more than eight hundred years, the Order [of Gnostic Observatines] has preserved an ancient cache of documents, including a long-lost Testament attributed to Christ that could shake Christinaity to its foundations."
Showing posts with label biblical thrillers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biblical thrillers. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Act of God
Original Novel Title: Act of God: A Novel
Author: Charles Templeton
Publisher: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977.
Author: Charles Templeton
Publisher: Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
The Bible of Clay
Original Novel Title: The Bible of Clay
Author: Julia Navarro; translated from the Spanish La Biblia de Barro by Andrew Hurley
Publisher: Barcelona: Random House Mondadori, 2006 (hardcover); New York: Bantam, March 2008 (hardcover)
According to the Publisher's Weekly review published on Amazon.com, "In Iraq, shortly before the current war, Iraqi archeologist Clara Tannenberg announces an incredible find: two cuneiform clay tablets that refer to another set of tablets that record the biblical patriarch Abraham's story of the creation of the earth. The twist is that this clay bible with Abraham's narrative was written a thousand years before the papyrus version we know today."
Author: Julia Navarro; translated from the Spanish La Biblia de Barro by Andrew Hurley
Publisher: Barcelona: Random House Mondadori, 2006 (hardcover); New York: Bantam, March 2008 (hardcover)
According to the Publisher's Weekly review published on Amazon.com, "In Iraq, shortly before the current war, Iraqi archeologist Clara Tannenberg announces an incredible find: two cuneiform clay tablets that refer to another set of tablets that record the biblical patriarch Abraham's story of the creation of the earth. The twist is that this clay bible with Abraham's narrative was written a thousand years before the papyrus version we know today."
The Secret Scroll
Original Novel Title: The Secret Scroll
Author: Ronald Cutler
Publisher: Beaufort Books, February 2008 (hardcover).
Professor of Archaeology Josh Cohan, on vacation in Israel, discovers an ancient scroll tied to Jesus Christ that he believes, along with others, could change the course of history and religious faith.
Author: Ronald Cutler
Publisher: Beaufort Books, February 2008 (hardcover).
Professor of Archaeology Josh Cohan, on vacation in Israel, discovers an ancient scroll tied to Jesus Christ that he believes, along with others, could change the course of history and religious faith.
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