Marjorie Holmes
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 4.06 | 4477 Users | 470 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Two From Galilee: The Story Of Mary And Joseph |
| ISBN: | 0553281003 (ISBN13: 9780553281002) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Life of Jesus #1 |
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Here from Marjorie Holmes, one of the most beloved authors of our day, is the extraordinary bestselling novel that tells the story of Mary and Joseph as it has never been told before--the greatest love story of all.This is the story of two real people whose lives were touched by God: two people chosen by God to provide an earthly home for His Son. Here are Mary and Joseph--a teenage girl and a young carpenter--alone, frightened, in love, faced with family conflict, a hostile world and an awesome responsibility. It is a story for young and old alike; for everyone who finds the Christmas tale a source of timeless beauty and wonder, a compassionate, emotional novel of divine love.
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| Title | : | Two from Galilee: The Story of Mary and Joseph (Life of Jesus #1) |
| Author | : | Marjorie Holmes |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 1982 by Bantam (first published January 1st 1972) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Christian Fiction. Holiday. Christmas. Christian. Religion |
Rating Appertaining To Books Two from Galilee: The Story of Mary and Joseph (Life of Jesus #1)
Ratings: 4.06 From 4477 Users | 470 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books Two from Galilee: The Story of Mary and Joseph (Life of Jesus #1)
This is my second reading of this book. I read it the first time about 20 years ago and loved it. My opinion hasn't changed. Although fictitious with lots of liberties in regard to personalities and family descriptions, the scriptural evidence of the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ is retold in a personal, tender way. Reading it before the month of December begins has helped me be in the frame of mind to think more deeply about that sweet babe and His humble beginnings, as well as theI really loved this book! It helped that I read it right before Christmas because it truly brought me back to the core of Christmas. I've always loved the story in Luke 2 and every Christmas, my Dad would read it to us before we could open presents. By the time I was 5, I had it memorized, word for word, from the King James Bible. It's a beautiful story, but this book...this book made me fall in love with the story. It's so amazing to think how God specifically chose both Mary AND Joseph for the
I first read this at my brother's when I was newly married and had the then-popular short 'fro perm, so I'm guessing 1979? I like to read this at Christmas time and think about how it must have been.... Like the author, just to sit and ponder that these were real people and this miracle actually happened in their previously ordinary lives.
I really enjoyed this book. This is the story of Mary and Joseph as love interests, as a couple, as the unexpected recipients of a miracle. Obviously the author had to fictionalize many of the details, as very little is actually written in the Bible about Mary and Joseph, but I loved that the author really got me to think of them as real people who faced real life situations. Mary was a very young mother and an unexplained pregnancy would have really made people wonder. Despite the challenges
This was a great read from Marjorie Holmes.As I first began to read the book, I was annoyed with Holmes' desire to romanticize the story so much. It was not long, only a couple chapters, until I fell in love with her perspective as a woman and was incredibly blessed to enjoy her fictional retelling of the context of the birth of Jesus.While I found some of the historical details to be debatable, I was repeatedly impressed by how accurate the story's setting was as Holmes described the culture of
I will admit to struggling with fiction written about real people. I always wonder what they are thinking of the fictional dialogue and situations. I wouldn't want someone to fictionalize my life. Parts of the book were interesting, and some parts dragged on too long, but the thing that made me put the book down was that it seems wrong somehow to fictionalize the life of the mother of our Savior. It just seems icky. I know a lot people like this book, and that is fine, but it isn't for me.
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