A tender, soul-rending exploration of a mother's mourning a searing, stunning work.' The Independent equally powerful and poignant whether it's read by one who espouses or eschews the New Testament. The Testament of Mary is a spellbinding, surprisingly reverent book.' Entertainment Weekly 'A slim, grave, exquisitely emotional book. A powerful, devastating story.' The Washington Post it takes its power from the surprises of its language, its almost shocking characterization, its austere refusal of consolation.' The New York Times Book Review 'Toibin is at his lyrical best in The Testament of Mary, a beautiful and daring work. In her effort to tell the truth in all its gnarled complexity, she slowly emerges as a figure of immense moral stature as well as a woman from history rendered now as fully human. To her he was a vulnerable figure, surrounded by men who could not be trusted, living in a time of turmoil and change.Īs her life and her suffering begin to acquire the resonance of myth, Mary struggles to break the silence surrounding what she knows to have happened. For Mary, her son has been lost to the world, and now, living in exile and in fear, she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son's brutal death. In a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Marytells the story of a cataclysmic event which led to an overpowering grief. 'Lovely, understated and powerfully sad, The Testament of Mary finally gives the mother of Jesus a chance to speak.' NPR The artwork used for the cover is 'Saint Jerome' by Anonymous.'A heartfelt, powerful work.' The Wall Street Journal Production notes: This e-book of The Lost Books of the Bible was published by Global Grey on the 18th October 2021. This book has 317 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1926. Also included are the three books of the Shepherd of Hermas, which use apocalyptic and symbolic imagery. Included are accounts of the infancy of Jesus, the Gospel of the Birth of Mary, the Protevangelion, the letters of Paul, Herod, Pilate, and Seneca, and non-canonical epistles, such as Laodiceans. It includes many works that were read by the early Christians, but which were left out of the canonical Bible. It is a reprint of an earlier 1820 work called The Apocryphal New Testament, which itself was a reprint of the 1693 work, the Apostolic Fathers by William Wake, who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lost Books of the Bible is a collection of New Testament Apocrypha. The Lost Books of the Bible Unknownįree download available in PDF, epub, and Kindle e-book formats. Buy the entire collection of over 2,300 e-books for only £50.

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