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ISBN: | 1594171130 (ISBN13: 9781594171130) |
Series: | Lives of the Early Christians in Rome #1 |
Michael E. Giesler
ebook | Pages: 120 pages Rating: 4.2 | 178 Users | 16 Reviews
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As the beautiful daughter of a Roman senator, Junia enjoyed the best that life had to offer in first century Rome. She was grateful and anxious to please her family, a dutiful and obedient young woman of privilege. That is, until a chance friendship and its abrupt end sparks an interest in a new religion that will lead to a destiny she never imagined. Junia is a fictional exploration of life at the very beginning of Christianity from a very personal point of view. It shows how the attractions of the new religion were accompanied by social struggle, family division, and the risk of a disgraceful death to those courageous enough to embrace it. The author is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei in St. Louis.Present Epithetical Books Junia (Lives of the Early Christians in Rome #1)
Title | : | Junia (Lives of the Early Christians in Rome #1) |
Author | : | Michael E. Giesler |
Book Format | : | ebook |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 120 pages |
Published | : | January 1st 2004 by Scepter Publishers (first published August 1st 2002) |
Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Religion. Christian Fiction. Christian |
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Ratings: 4.2 From 178 Users | 16 ReviewsNotice Epithetical Books Junia (Lives of the Early Christians in Rome #1)
For my third summer book, I chose to read "Junia" by Michael E. Giesler. This book is a captivating fictional account of an early Christian living in Rome. Junia is the daughter of a Roman senator and one of the most eligible young women in Rome. She lives a very typical Roman life, offering sacrifices and incense to the Roman gods and enjoying the height of Rome's social scene. Junia first encounters Christianity through her brother. He is a philosopher and he tells Junia of some ideas that aI wish this book was an English class assignment and I was the teacher. I would have the author expand on certain parts of the book. The ending was abrupt. While it was an easy book to read, there were glaring holes in the plot and places in the plot line that I really wish the author would have developed better. All in all, a good read for those of us who enjoy historical fiction.
I read this book a couple of years ago but I forgot it all so I reread it. I love this book because it's so inspiring!
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i read this book when i was in my 10th grade when my english teacher lend this book to me.i don't actually read christian fictional books coz it makes me bored but i get to enjoy this one. it's a fictioanl exploration about the life of an early christian faith from a very personal point of view.
dedicated to Steven R. McEvoy. Ladies and gentlemen this book (as always begin by the start. As usual in my reviews. Do it why you decided to read this book?) Although I promised to Steven R. McEvoy, that I would read it, and give my opinion, already I wanted to read it before he promised it to my good friend of Steven R. McEvoy.Before starting to write this review I'd like to publicly commend Steven R. McEvoy. I have to admit, that it is one of the readers, books read, already more than two
Junia is the first book in what is now a trilogy - Junia, Marcus, and Grain of Wheat - by Michael Giesler, in which we are introduced to a slice of Roman society in which Christianity is fighting to take hold.Self-described as fictional history, this book give a fine, albeit brief introduction to the lives of Christians living in Rome in the early to mid 2nd century (about 140 or so). While the earliest persecutions of Christians in the Roman empire started with Nero about 62 AD, in the mid 2nd
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