Historical novels for NT culture

L. J. Swain x99swain at wmich.edu
Mon Jul 10 15:15:51 EDT 2000


I'm not sure these have been mentioned, nor have I read them, but Paul Meier is a
NT man, teaching in the Comparative Religion Dept. at WMU, who has also published a
few novels set in the first century.  Can't recommend them other than to say that
they're there.   And of course there some classic novels from earlier this century:
Caldwell Taylor, "The Silver Chalice" by a chap whose name I've forgotten, "King
Jesus" was Robert Graves attempt, and of course Ben Hur, which actually isn't a bad
read at all.  And someone should have mentioed Quo Vadis?  "The Fourth Magi"; and a
couple of others whose covers I can see in my mind, but can't recall the titles
too.  But they'll come to me if anyone is interested.

Larry Swain




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