About this title: Transported two thousand years into the past, readers are introduced to Antipas, a Roman civic leader who has encountered the writings of the biblical author Luke. Luke's history sparks Antipas's interest, and they begin corresponding. As Antipas tells Luke of his reactions to the writing and of his meetings with local Christians, it becomes ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Academic
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780801026072ISBN:0801026075
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Baker Academic
Date Published: 2002-12-01
ISBN-13:9780801026072ISBN:0801026075
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Academic
Date Published: 2002
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BAKER BOOK HOUSE
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780801026072ISBN:0801026075
Description: "The Lost Letters of Pergamum" introduces readers to the style of New Testament writings and the social and political world of Jesus and his first followers. Using the literary technique of correspondence through ancient letters, Longenecker mixes fa... read more
"A work of historical fiction intended to convey the culture to which the Gospel According to Luke was written. An interesting perspective on Roman culture and the Christian counter-culture. I was particularly struck by the description of the Christian fellowship that met at the home of Antonius."
"This novel was written by a New Testament theologian. I repeat--it was written by a New Testament theologian--not a novelist. So it is not the finest novel ever written. However, it is meticulously researched and it's decently written. It's a great way to immerse yourself in the world of the early church in the first century."
"I had to read this for new testament literature (and I still have to write a paper on it) but it was an excellent book. One of the few I've ever read that could actaully be classified as historical fiction.
The author clearly did extensive research on the time period and real characters and then mixed in his own fiction. Yet while it was fiction, it did not overstep the bounds of what was plausible for the time and what was not. Very well written and the characters come to life and really eat at your heart. Antipas' conversion is eveident in the books and yet since it is written in letters you don't really know his thought process that well. But the result of that conversion is pretty obvious. I can't wait to here from Antipas himself the real story of his martyrdom, as the only thing we know about him is from Revelation and that he was a martyr in Pergamos/Pergamum. Of course we may be completely wrong and he could have been some servant boy who refused to do worship and was killed for that. Of course that is why it is called historical fiction."
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