The Prince of the House of David
by J. H. Ingraham
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A wonderfully detailed historical novel -- the story of Christ's three years of ministry on earth told by a young Hebrew girl in the form of letters to her father. During her three years in the Holy City, Adina, a Jewess of Alexandria, supposed to be sojourning in Jerusalem in the days of Herod, writes to her father, a wealthy Jew in Egypt. She writes of the events of interest and especially giving a minute by minute narrative of the events of the life of Jesus, whom she saw daily -- from show more his baptism in Jordan to his crucifixion on Calvary. She keeps her father advised of exciting and marvelous events occurring around her. show lessTags
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This is an obscure old book about a Jewish girl living in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus's ministry, death, and resurrection. I found it in my parents' attic. The story is told from the perspective of the girl, who never physically meets Jesus, writing to her father about what's happening and ending up becoming a disciple of Christ. Basically the story you read in the Bible told from a new perspective.
Great advert on back cover - Oldridge's balm of Columbia...hair, whiskers, or, moustaches. Wonderful front cover design, daisies mingled with leaves, title, author, publisher overprinted or so it seems. The book is in The Daisy Books series,
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Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Israel; Jerusalem
- First words
- My dear Father:- My first duty, as it is my highest pleasure, is to comply with your command to write you as soon as I arrived in Jerusalem; and this letter, while it conveys to you intelligence of my arrival, will confirm to... (show all) you my filial obedience.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Christian Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.3 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English Middle 19th Century 1830-1861
- LCC
- PZ3 .I54 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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Statistics
- Members
- 222
- Popularity
- 147,249
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.00)
- Languages
- English, German, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 27
