bible fiction

A child in Egypt tells what the Jews are experiencing in the days leading up to their flight from Egyptian slavery.

The story of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, is told from her point of view, beginning with the story of her mothers, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah. These wives of Jacob give her the gifts that are to sustain her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.

Noah's daughter, daughters-in-law, sons, wife, and the animals describe what it was like to be aboard the ark while they watched everyone around them drown.

Relates the life of a beautiful descendant of Herod the Great, and events leading up to her Dance of the Seven Veils, after which her cruel mother coerces her to ask for the head of John the Baptist, an innocent man, on a silver platter.

A seven-year-old Jesus recounts his journey from Egypt to his birthplace in Nazareth, as the various aspects of his spiritual life are slowly revealed to him.

An apocalyptic novel that examines the life and ministry of Jesus through the life story of the Gospel writer, Luke.

A novel about the life of biblical prophet Elijah and the trial of his faith.

Relates the story of Miriam, a young girl being raised by her widowed father in ancient Israel, who grows up to be Mary Magdalene.

Depicts the lives of the Three Kings of the Nativity, casting them as a set of infamous thieves who accidentally happen upon Joseph, Mary, and the newborn king and help them escape to Egypt.

A fictional account of the life of Esther, Queen of Persia. Orphaned at the age of ten, she crosses the Tigris to marry her cousin, who is well-established at court. She survives the intrigue of court life and wins the heart of the king and the freedom of her people, but at the cost of all she really wants from life.