Do You like book Two From Galilee: The Story Of Mary And Joseph (1982)?
This story actually gave me new insight into what it must have been like for Mary and Joseph and fo their family to have the honor of being Jesus's chosen parents. I never thought of the inadequacies they must have felt, the fear Mary must have had in telling Joseph and in telling her parents. The ridicule that Mary Joseph and even their families must have had to endure because of Mary's claim. I love love stories having said that - this one felt a little irreverent. Speaking of Mary as a regular teenager - having hard strife with her mother and intimate feelings for Joseph - these may help us understand how mary and Joseph through their love could together accept their calling to be Jesus' parents is understandable but for me not neccessary. I felt like I was peering into a private part of Mary and Joseph - had it been a story of any other two I would have LOVED this book but because I was uncomfortable seeing Mary in any light but the honored chosen Mother of God I only give this book one star and will not reccomend it to any one else nor will I pick up the second book.
—Robyn
Once upon a time in real history a real child was born who changed the world. Marjorie Holme’s Two From Galilee imagines the story of that child’s parents, Mary and Joseph, in their small town of Nazareth in Galilee. The novel was published in the 1970s and the research may not be entirely up to date, but it’s close enough. Families dream of great futures for their children, love intervenes, and unplanned pregnancies are as hard a fate to cope with then as now. But this pregnancy has more than the usual cause behind it, and the author blends a well-drawn evocative vision of time and place with nicely imagined mystery and deep faith. Following the road from Bethlehem to Nazareth and back, working in the fields, toiling with wood, rebelling against Roman rule, and more, these characters live real lives in real places and eventually place their trust in a very real God. For all that the reader must know the end of the tale, this novel’s a thoroughly enjoyable read, its details enthralling as a well-told historical romance, and its plot pleasingly different even as it follows a well-trodden path. If you’ve ever wanted to imagine how Mary felt, or even her mother, this is the book for you.Disclosure: A friend loaned me this book.
—Sheila
I really enjoyed this book. In reading it you learn a lot about the customs of that time. Even though the story is this authors interpretation of the birth of Christ and the events leading up to it, it gives the reader a greater knowledge and understanding of the miracle of Christ's birth. To quote the book, "Somehow I can't think of our son as a king," Joseph said. "At least not a king who will mount a throne one day and rule the world. But rather as a king who will somehow change men's hearts." A must read for all.
—Cheryl Allred
