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Elizabeth Cunningham has created an amazing historic chronicle with this book. Characters are fully, wondrously human. Locations are alive with the sights, scents, sounds of that time millennia ago when Jesus walked this earth.... See more » Elizabeth Cunningham has created an amazing historic chronicle with this book. Characters are fully, wondrously human. Locations are alive with the sights, scents, sounds of that time millennia ago when Jesus walked this earth. Maeve Rhuad is a flame haired princess / priestess of the Celtic Isles when she meets Yeshua, called Esus by the Celts. He's traveled to her land to learn Druidic mysteries, but finds a soulmate, a woman he will passionately love for all time. With youthful joy, they call themselves, "eternal twins in the great starry womb" of the universe. Life's unpredictable difficulties separate the two devoted lovers. Yeshua returns to the Holy Land to continue his quest, serving the One God, and Maeve is dragged to Rome in chains by conquerors who sell her into slavery and prostitution. The Vine and Fig Tree - an omen of her future life with Yeshua -- is a high-class establishment. All clients are welcomed equally because every stranger could be a god or an angel. Life is actually pleasant for a time, but Maeve has two large problems. She's determined to find her beloved Yeshua, and can't keep her sassy mouth shut. Maeve can cuss, bluster, and converse in five languages. Her bold nature ends Maeve's time in Rome and she's sold into slavery. Throughout this dark period, she gains the support and devotion of a Proletarian, Joseph of Arimathea. Years pass. Maeve is freed from slavery and heads for Jerusalem to search for Yeshua, Esus, her lover, now known as Jesus of Nazareth. From Jerusalem, Maeve travels to the green hills of Galilee to Nazareth, and finally the port city of Magdala. It's in Magdala that she regains her full power as a priestess. With the help of friends and followers, she founds the Temple Magdalen. Here, we're drawn deep into the private lives of biblical icons: Joseph of Arimathea; Mary, mother of Jesus; Lazarus, Mary, and Martha; the Twelve followers of Jesus; John of the burning eyes, the Baptist; and Yeshua, Savior of the Jews, beloved man with the wonderful laugh. Maeve's memories of these people are not reverent or respectful - all have human foibles - but her narrative is often surprising, touching, and tender. Jesus struggles in his efforts to draw a fine line between being human and divine. The only thing he doesn't question is his love for Maeve, his wife, judged unclean by Jewish law. Fellow Jews, Apostles, family, devoted followers, enemies and friends resent his devotion to a prostitute. Both Yeshua and Maeve know and believe that love is stronger than death, and in their case it is. Based on historic writings, Cunningham fills in the lost years of Yeshua's life not chronicled in the Bible. But this is a story well and lovingly told, of a man whose fate was to die for all humanity and of the gentile woman who loved him through life and beyond. Lover, husband, healer, miracle worker, teller of parables, and King of Kings, Jesus was first a man. This is a fascinating book, historically and in every other way. Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) See less »

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