My Unique Biblical fiction Novel

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My Biblical novel, unique among other Biblical novels:

I'm making this page about my unique Biblical novel because I feel that, even though many Biblical novels have been published over the years, mine is truly the most unique of all Biblical novels for several reasons related to both content and style, which I will outline in more detail in the amazon spotlight module below*.
By the term "Biblical novel", I mean primarily novels that take place in Biblical times. Yet, it the "Biblical novels I have read" module, I chose to include "In The Twinkling of an Eye," because, even though the events it describes are still future and thus not in the Biblical times, yet it stays close to scripture in its fictional portrayal of those events. The ones in the "Other Biblical novels you may like" module do all take place in Bible times. If you're looking for more fanciful yet still Bible based works, check out My Purposeful Sci-fi Novel.

I'm the author of...

My 2 unique novels and a self-help book.

The unique Biblical novel "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM, A Novel of Biblical Times." (For details see the next module.)
I'm also the author of the purposeful sci-fi novel, "IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY, A Tale of Times and Truth," which is a time travel novel and looks at the spiritual significance of 6 different historical periods as well as one to come. I have a separate lens on this novel (click the title above),
I have also compiled a non-fiction self-help book from the articles I wrote for my ezine and in which I refer to my first novel, "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM" for illustrations. For more on this book, visit my ezine lens OR my bio lens.

My Unique Biblical Novel

*Why my Biblical novel is unique

As I said I feel my novel is the most unique of all Biblical novels for several reasons:

*First, it poses no extra-Biblical miracles like some of the Biblical novels of the past (in particular, "The Robe" [posing miraculous powers for Jesus' robe] and "Ben Hur" [posing the healing of the mother & sister by the blood of the cross])

*Secondly, it poses a unique but plausable theory as to who MAY have really been behind the insurrection againt Pontius Pilate.

*Thirdly, it does ad an element which could be considered anachronistic, namely that of non-conformity as an adopted lifestyle (it is not known whether or not there were any people at that time who called themselves non-conformists, but I have chosen to have one of my characters do so.)

Of Such Is the Kingdom : A Novel of Biblical Times

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*FOURTHLY, it unites characters from all walks of life.

*FIFTHLY, I feel my Biblical novel is most unique because of the writing style. In addition to the normal 3rd peson narrative, I have woven in poetry, straight dialouge and 1st person stream-of-conscousness narration.

NOTE: This novel is currently out of print from the original publisher while being re-published by another print publisher but IS NOW RE-PUBLISHED as an e-book on Smashwords, so you can get A 2nd edition VERSION FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR E-READING DEVICE (whether Kindle, Epub [ good for Stanza reader, others], PDF [good for home printing], RTF [readable on most word processors], LRF (for Sony Reader), Palm Doc [PDB] ) or for online reading from SMASHWORDS HERE and you can READ THE FIRST 27% FOR FREE before deciding to buy at SMASHWORDS PLUS, through Sept.31, GET 25% OFF the recently lowered price of $7.99 when you purchase my self-help booklet, "Principles of the Kingdom HERE( coupon code inside book.--enter the code prior to completing checkout.)
OR, while they last, get the first edition print version FROM AMAZON (the "BUY NOW" button above)
OR LISTEN TO IT--This novel is also now a serialized AUDIO BOOK. For info. and to subscribe to the episodes,, GO HERE.

Release Date: 12/31/1969

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HOW TO GIVE MY NOVELS AS GIFTS

(From Smashwords.com)

HOW GIFTING WORKS:
"Click the 'Give as a gift' link from any book page.
Enter the name of your giftee and their e-mail address. Very important you enter the correct e-mail address otherwise they won't receive it. Alternatively, if you would like the gift to be a surprise, enter your own e-mail address. If you're using this option and you want to give the same book to several different people, make sure that you click "Give as a gift" once for each giftee (don't increase the quantity, because then you will be giving multiple copies to one person, which is probably not what you want).
Once you complete the purchase of the gift, we'll send an immediate e-mail to the recipient, providing them instructions on how to redeem the gift (you will get a copy of the e-mail too). If you entered your own e-mail address in step 2, you will get the e-mail and you will need to forward it or print it out and hand deliver it to your recipient. The gift code (contained in the hyperlink in the e-mail) will whoever uses it pick up this gift, so keep it a secret (except from your giftee, of course). The gift e-mail will look like the sample below. Note that we will not share your e-mail address with the giftee, only your name as listed in your Smashwords profile.
When your giftee gets the e-mail, your gift recipient will simply click the hyperlink in the message (which contains the gift code) and their book will become instantly available if they're already registered for Smashwords. If they're not yet a Smashwords member, or they're not logged in to their account, we'll prompt them to join (it's free) or log in. After they register, the book is waiting for them in their Library."
NOTE: You will have to join Smashwords, but that's no big deal (You don't have to be an author. There are benefits for joining as a reader). Just fill out a simple short registration form (When you click on "Give as a gift" it will tell you that you have to logged in and will show the log-in form and immediately below it the registration form. Fill it out and you're registered and you can check out e-books anytime. Some are even free to download. Most range from $0.99 to $7.99.

My blog for my unique Biblical novel

You can read a synopsis and reviews of my unique Biblical novel, PLUS even listen to audio excerpts from my unique Biblical novel. (How cool is that?).
And there are links for ordering my unique Biblical novel at a discount.
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My writing process

How I came to write this most unique of all Biblical novels

I won 2nd prize in a writing contest in Jr.College with a short story involving three Biblical character. Later I decided to expand it into a novel by adding more characters and drawing out the plot.
First I made a list of the characters with their descriptions.
Then, I made a summary of the story and then broke it into chapters, witing a brief summary of each chapter. From there it was just a matter of filling in the details.

Other Biblical Novels I have read.

The first two, as I have said pose extra-Biblical scenes and miracles (In Ben Hur, Jesus gives a drink to Ben Hur and his mother and sister are healed of leaporsy by the blood of the cross. In the Robe, among other things, Jesus' robe is vested wtih miraculous power.)
Then next two stick fairly close to the Biblical account when dealing with Biblical matters as I reacll (having read "The Silver Chalice" as a family project when growing up, and "The Big Fisherman" in my teen years. "The Silver Chalice" adds fictional details about Simon the magician and "The Big Fisherman" about Peter, but where they speak about Biblical issues, they stick to the Bible.
The last one deals with the rapture of the church, which is yet to come.
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Acknowledgements

God and my dear wife

1)First, of course, I want to thank my God and my saviour Jesus for giving me the ideas, as well as the streingth to carry them out and for giving me a great helpmate, which brings me to my next point:
2) Secondly I dearly thank my dear wife, Berenice. She has encouraged me, stood by me and kept me sane during the whole process. She actually told me that she had had a dream when she was young which relates to the title and purpose of my novel. In a group of people waitng to go to heaven were adults who looked tired out from having worked hard, and children and an angel was taking only the children. (The meaning being that we can't work our way to heaven, but must come as little children, by faith.)

Other Biblical Novels you may also like.

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Or check out the ones on this list:

Listmania of Biblical Novels
This is my list of favorite Biblical novels all in one place. (Click the blue words above.)

Some Biblical Novels that have been made into movies

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    spirituality Nov 22, 2009 @ 7:12 am | delete
    Great lens, but you knew that :) Just wanted to remind you that this is featured on the Religious and spiritual gifts Headquarters: http://www.squidoo.com/groups/religious-gifts

    It's now transformed into a lensography and I would love it if you could feature it here, or lensroll it or something.
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    Treasures-By-Brenda Mar 29, 2009 @ 8:37 am | delete
    Interesting review of your book and the process you went through to create it!

    Brenda

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