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1aviddiva
Jun 26, 2011, 3:09 pm

Titles based on Biblical references. No actual bibles, please.

Absalom, Absalom! by William Falkner
The Shepherd Psalm by F B Meyer
Noah's Ark by Barbara Trapido
Through a Glass, Darkly by Donna Leon
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

3thorold
Jun 27, 2011, 7:44 am

Jerusalem the golden by Margaret Drabble
My name is legion by A.N. Wilson
Wo warst du, Adam? by Heinrich Böll
Fear and trembling by Amélie Nothombe (or Søren Kierkegaard, or Robert Bloch, if you prefer)
Moab is my washpot by Stephen Fry

4mamalaz
Jun 27, 2011, 12:50 pm

The Number of the Beast by Robert Heinlen
Rebecca by Daphne Dumaurier
Exodus by Leon Uris
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Book of Daniel by.E.L. Doctorow

5Leseratte2
Jun 28, 2011, 10:22 pm

The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield
Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
The Way of an Eagle by Ethel M. Dell
Armour Wherein He Trusted by Mary Webb
The Fruit of the Tree by Edith Wharton

7Leseratte2
Jul 4, 2011, 1:26 pm

Playing the Harlot by Patricia Avis
The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield
The Golden Calf by M. E. Braddon
Jonah's Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
On the Face of the Waters by Flora Annie Steel

17rolandperkins
Edited: Nov 20, 2014, 6:19 am

An ISAAC Bashevis Singer Reader
by Isaac Bashevis Singer

NAMES on the Land*
by George Stewart

"AHABʻs Wife"
by Sena Jeter Naslund

The Iron JEHU
by Ray Hogan

LUKE Shortʻs Best of the West
by Luke Short

*"Shemoth" ("Names")
in the Hebrew Bible is
Exodus in English

27patchygirl
Jun 2, 2015, 10:02 am

About My Father's Business by Lillian Beckwith
Our Father by Marilyn French
No Adam in Eden by Grace Metalious
Testament of Friendship by Vera Brittain
Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell

30rolandperkins
Edited: Jun 2, 2015, 11:00 pm

Exodus by Leon Uris

"All Aunt Hagarʻs Children"
by Edward P. Jones

Numbers by Rachel Ward

Royal Flush: a Jake Samson and
Rosie Vicente Mystery
by Shelley Singer

"Mount Hebron Missionary Baptist
Church, 1874--1974, Longbranch,
Texas; a short history"
by Ray O Dell Brooks

31EMS_24
Jun 3, 2015, 9:38 am

Emmaus by Alessandro Baricco
Hemelvaart by Judith Koelemeijer Ascension*
Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry
Paulus de hulpsinterklaas by Jean Dulieu Paulus(the woodgnome)as the 'help Santa Claus'
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf

*Quest of the writer to " the" truth about the death of her friend Annette , on holiday in Greece

33rolandperkins
Edited: Jun 6, 2015, 12:07 am

36rolandperkins
Edited: Sep 5, 2015, 1:32 am

The CHRONICLES of Narnia
by C S Lewis

Lost in a GOOD BOOK
by Jasper Fforde

Exodus from the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

APOCALYPSE Now: the complete dossier
by Francis Ford Coppola

The Oriental Caravan: a REVELATION* of the
Soul and Mind of Asia
by Sirdar Iqbal Ali Shah

*Protestant Bibles have "Revelation" where
Cathollc Bibles have "Apocalypse" (See 4th item)

38rolandperkins
Edited: Sep 7, 2015, 5:50 pm

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39rolandperkins
Edited: Sep 7, 2015, 7:06 pm

Ardency: a CHRONICLE of the
Amistad Revolt

The GOOD BOOK Cookbook
by Naomi Goodman

The PARABLE of Ten Teachers
by Thomas Troeger

BETHLEHEM Steel by Andrew Garn

Koban: the MARK of Koban
by Stephen W. Bennett

43rolandperkins
Edited: Nov 13, 2015, 9:24 pm

The MARK on the Door
by Franklin Dixon

The Portable MATTHEW Arnold
by Matthew Arnold

LUKE goes to Bat by Rachel Isadora

The GALATIAN Language: a Comprehensive
Survey of the Language of the Ancient Celts
in Greco-Roman Asia Minor
by Philip Freeman

REVELATION Space by Alastair Reynolds

45thorold
Nov 19, 2015, 5:08 am

Kill All the Judges by William Deverell
Temporary Kings by Anthony Powell
Numbers by John Rechy
Micah Clarke by Arthur Conan Doyle
Mad Amos by Alan Dean Foster

47EMS_24
Jan 16, 2016, 2:02 pm

Jordan: A Whole New World by Katie Price
John by Cynthia Lennon
The Baptist by Ruby Barnes
The Sandal by Tony Bradman
The Secret of Pigeon, Point (out) by Jennifer Vanderbes

49rolandperkins
Edited: Feb 2, 2016, 3:44 pm

The Hands of Esau by Hiram Haydn

Jacob have I Loved
by Katherine Paterson

Isaac Hecker Studies in Religion
and American Culture (series)

"Matthewʻs Dream" by Leo Lionni

Solomon among the Postmoderns
by Peter Leinhart

52rolandperkins
Edited: May 15, 2016, 7:39 pm

A Clash of KINGS by George R. R. Martin

Further CHRONICLES of Avonlea
by L. M. Montgomery

LAMENTATIONS of the Father: Essays
by Ian Frazier

On the MARK Press Habitats (GR 4-6)
by Patricia Urie

Think one Team: Imagine the Possibilities
when Everyone in your Organization Thinks
and ACTS as one Big Team by Graham Winter

55rolandperkins
Edited: May 16, 2016, 7:53 pm

CHRIST in Concrete by Pietro Di DOnato

Lives of the ROMANS by Philip Matyszak

JERICHO by Ann McMan

Models of REVELATION by Avery Dulles

REVELATION Space by Alistair Reynolds

56SDaisy
Edited: Oct 2, 2016, 4:33 pm

Behold a Pale Horse by William Cooper
My Brother's Keeper by Giles A. Lutz
The Solomon Curse by Clive Cussler
The Eye of Heaven by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake
In God's Garden by Caroline Ash

@ EMS_24, on post #40, good job! That's awesome how you did that, I didn't know it was possible! :-D Post #42 is pretty cool, too.

57rolandperkins
Edited: Oct 3, 2016, 3:36 pm

59rolandperkins
Edited: Aug 26, 2017, 7:50 pm