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Subject: Biblical Fiction?
Date Posted: 8/5/2008 11:24 PM ET
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So there's a thread in the Historical Fiction forum about biblical fiction.  In which they talk about, among others, Marek Halter and Rebecca Kohn's books.  And I realized that I never would have thought about them as biblical fiction; I guess because the phrase itself seems christian to me.   I guess I just thought of ours as midrash, LOL!

Anyway, I love those books!  Who else does?  Who are some other good Jewish authors with these kinds of books?

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Date Posted: 8/6/2008 3:50 PM ET
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I went to Goodwill yesterday and picked up a copy of SARAH by Orson Scott Card.  (not a Jewish author).  He has written three books of a series "WOMEN OF GENESIS".  The other two are REBEKAH and RACHEL.   

Haven't read it yet, but its on my TBR list (along with a gazillion more).

 

 

 

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Date Posted: 8/6/2008 6:15 PM ET
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I'll be interested to hear what you think of them.  He's a pretty religious Christian, so I imagine they'll follow the Christian bible rather than Torah.