*Risen
The Novelization of the Major Motion Picture

I am very familiar with the story of the resurrection of Christ but this book made the people in the story seem more real. The story follows Clavius, a Roman Soldier charged by Pontius Pilate with locating the missing body before the Emperor arrives in Jerusalem. Fast paced and vividly described, the......more

I've seen the movie before and enjoyed it so I thought I'd read the novelization for Easter. I did enjoy how much more detail, explanation, and context you get from the book, but I didn't care for the inclusion of Rachel's character. The author's note indicated that Rachel was included in the origina......more

This biblical fiction book follows a Roman soldier who is trying to find out what happened to the body of Jesus. I enjoyed seeing the resurrection of Jesus from a different perspective. I liked meeting all the different characters from the Gospel accounts. I felt the book read like a mystery novel, e......more

Finding Yeshua This book was a different sort of experience, as instead of a movie adaptation from a book, this was a book taken from a movie script, and Angela Hunt did an excellent job. This is the story of a widowed Jewess and a Roman Tribune who were secretly lovers, and also each for their own re......more

[A few spoilers] I'm kind of surprised at the great reviews this book got. This is one of those very few instances where I'm hoping the movie is better than the book. I enjoyed the first half of the book, but then it just, I don't know, fell flat for me. Which is surprising because I enjoy reading a......more