I Was Called Barabbas

One Excellent Book! I Was Called Barabbas is a fantastic book, at least for me - someone not of the Christian faith, so having no background information other than basic knowledge learned from various places/people/institutions. Despite the background of Christianity, I found this to be a compelling......more

I Was Called Barabbas is a well-researched novel about the infamous Barabbas, a supposed zealot and murderer held prisoner by the Romans for insurrection. I found this a compelling story of fiction that might have been. We know nothing from the Bible or scholarship about the man released in Jesus’ p......more

I was Called Barabbas: This one is fascinating. To follow Barabbas in what caused him to be in that position of notorious, or infamous prisoner/insurrectionist. And to have his encounter with Jesus leave him a changed man? Priceless. I loved the journey we were taken on with Barabbas. His inability......more

I greatly enjoyed “I was Called Barabbas”. The book is historical fiction and asks the question of what happened to Barabbas, the man chosen to be saved so Christ could die in his stead, after his release from prison. Since we don’t have any reliable records of Barabbas’ life, this book is highly sp......more

This is the story of Barabbas, the prisoner who was released by Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate. It was him that Prefect was decided to sacrifice instead of Jesus of Nazareth. But this decision was not accepted and eventually Barabbas was released. The story took a brief turn here. We then came to know......more