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Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061128660
ISBN: 006112866X
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2007-10-01
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: 2007-10-09
Studio: Harper Paperbacks
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Summary: Storyline is good, but...
Comment: ...the theological issues May gets wrong are SO wrong, I wanted to throw the book across the room.
It's obvious the author did a lot of research except when it comes to Christianity and the values placed on key characters of the faith. Yeshua (Jesus) in a temple of Isis? I don't think so. Miriam of Magdala (thank you for at least getting the names right)as a whore. What the early church got wrong, the author reiterated. Yeshua married? Come on ... Miriam, the mother of Yeshua/Jesus holding on to idols form Egypt. Puh-lease.
Just stick to Claudia's story, which you did well, until you started messing with the Christian faith and all it stands for.
Eva Marie Everson
Reflections of God's Holy Land: A Personal Journey Through Israel
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Summary: Great Historical Insight
Comment: Pilate's Wife offers informative insight into the time and culture of the Ancient Roman Empire. Antoinette May spent six years researching the Roman culture before attempting this novel. The strength of the book is in May's ability to bring historic events to life, such as military/heroic parades and processionals, gladiator wars in the Colosseum, the dominant worship of gods and sex, the import of status and rank. If you are at all interested in the time of the Roman Empire, ignore the story and read the book for its historical value.
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Summary: Lacking
Comment: The historical context and perspective of May's novel is interesting, and I was quickly drawn into the book. May maintains an exciting pace. In the end, however, I felt the novel was lacking. First, the book's plot synopsis was misleading and what seems to be the protagonist's main conflict, saving Christ from crucifixion, does not even occur until the last 50 pages and is, in my opinion, hurried. It also takes many liberties with Christian beliefs that spring from the current "trendy" views of Mary Magdalene and Christ, a la The Da Vinci Code bandwagon. The plot seems to meander through a conglomerate of events without being bound by a clearly defined central conflict. Yes, Claudia struggles with her visions, but they are sporadic. May's novel also lacked effective character development. Except for her risk-taking, I found Claudia to be inconsistent. In Egypt, she is intellectual and curious and becomes smitten with Isis after a priestess gazes at her knowingly, causing Claudia to immediately convert. Thereafter, her devotion to the goddess is spotty, and with all the spiritual upheaval in the later part of the novel, I am surprised that she does not show any curiosity about Jesus whatsoever (even though he too had gazed at her knowingly, much like the priestess). Also, the woman she is by the end seems little changed by her life events. In fact, there are greater changes with Pilate and Rachel that are mentioned in the epilogue that I found more intriguing.
Overall, May's novel is fast paced and would be most enjoyed by readers that can be satisfied by action alone.
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Summary: Best book of the year
Comment: Having just completed Pilate's Wife today, Palm Sunday 2008, this novel of the Roman Empire has great significance for me. I could not put the book down!
Anoinette May has penned an extraordinary historical novel centered around Claudia, Pilate's independent, passionate and visionary wife.
The myriad colors, sounds, and opulence of an empire at it's height are brought to life exquisitely and with much comparison and allusions to our own society and culture.
Claudia shops for bargains, enjoys wine and gossip, admires other men,and endures much heartache and sadness. Under her polished demeanor, she has great passion and character, all of which is developed by May's excellent writing.
Pilate is seen as many men of our time: ambitious, wanting to get ahead, while enjoying luxury and passions of his own. We see him perusing the inventory list of furniture when the family relocates, closely guarding his wayward wife who wants to experience all of life, and trying to wash his hands of Jesus and His zealous followers while confronting the powerful Sanhedrin.
May seamlessly weaves familiar Bible verses into everyday conversation and makes the Bible come alive.
The author also adds a bit a gnostic leanings, introducing a very human, endearing woman in the form of Mary Magdelene.
All is blended perfectly into an unmatched portrait of Judea, Jerusalem, Caesarea, and Rome.
I highly recommend this book and promise you will not be disappointed!!
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Summary: Who is Francine Rivers?
Comment: Between Dan Brown and Francine Rivers the author did not have an original idea to call her own. I found that for her `historical research' she had to go no farther than the Mark of the Lion series, with her secular ideas being borrowed from Brown. Whether you are looking for alternative ideas regarding the deity of Christ or insight into Roman culture you will find this book unoriginal in either regard.
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A daughter of privilege in the most powerful empire the world has ever known, Claudia has a unique and disturbing "gift": her dreams have an uncanny way of coming true. As a rebellious child seated beside the tyrannical Roman Emperor Tiberius, she first spies the powerful gladiator who will ultimately be her one true passion. Yet it is the ambitious magistrate Pontius Pilate who intrigues the impressionable young woman she becomes, and Claudia finds her way into his arms by means of a mysterious ancient magic. Pilate is her grand destiny, leading her to Judaea and plunging her into a seething cauldron of open rebellion. But following her friend Miriam of Magdala's confession of her ecstatic love for a charismatic religious radical, Claudia begins to experience terrifying visions—horrific premonitions of war, injustice, untold devastation and damnation . . . and the crucifixion of a divine martyr whom she must do everything in her power to save.
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