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Ben Hur
Lew Wallace, Ben Hur
(Christian and pagan antagonism in ancient Rome)
Bible Old Testament
Jeanette Winterson, Boating for Beginners  (Noah"s flood)
Joseph Heller, God Knows  ("memoirs" of King David)
Thomas Mann, Joseph and His Brothers  (seen as allegory of 1930s fascist Europe)
Joseph, Mary and Jesus
Severia Hure, I, Mary, Daughter of Israel  (Mary)
Michelle Roberts, The Wild Girl  (Gospel according to Mary Magdalene)
Robert Graves, King Jesus  (fulfilment of all Old Testament prophecy)
Pasquale Festa Campanile, For Love, Only for Love  (Joseph)
The First Christians
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis?  (first Christian converts, first martyrs)
Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe  (effects on Roman centurion and others whi inherit Christ"s robe as crucifixion)
Par Lagerkvist, Barabbas  (before, during and after Christ"s crucifixion)
Frank Slaughter, The Shoes of the Fisherman  (Peter)
Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked  (missionary journeys of Paul, Luke and Barnabas)
George Moore, The Brook Kerith  (Joseph of Arimathea)
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