Historical novels for NT culture

Joseph Brian Tucker music at riverviewcog.org
Mon Jul 10 07:58:12 EDT 2000


It appears that _Echoes of His Presence_ may be your answer. Ray Vander 
Laan. 1996 ISBN 1-56179-438-4

This book is full of historically accurate (whatever that means), fictional 
stories of people Jesus touched. It spans the gap between the history of 
Jewish tradition and the nature of Western thinking.
Chapters include:
The Promise: Interacts with ANE blood paths.
The Bridgroom: Gives cultural background of weddings.
The Good Shepherd:
The King: Herodian background

The Rabbi
The Prayer Shawl
The Theater: Good archaeological info.
The Zealot: Political background
The Decapolis
The Living water: Geographical info.

The Jericho Road, triumphal entry, Gestsemane, final sacrifice and feast of 
Pentecost.

It provides a  glossary and annotated bibliography.

This book has been helpful to me in study and inductive sermon preparation. 
He even shows awareness of Greek and Hebrew throughout the book.

Thanks
Brian Tucker
Riverview, MI
music at riverviewcog.org



More information about the B-Greek mailing list