King Jesus: A NovelKing Jesus, long out of print, is one of the most controversial historical novels of all time. In it, Robert Graves has summoned his superb narrative powers, his painstaking scholarship, his wit and unsurpassed ability to recreate the past, to produce a magnificant portrayal of the life of Christ on earth. |
Contents
Part One CHAPTER I SIMPLETONS | 3 |
II | 11 |
CHILDREN OF RAHAB | 14 |
THE BIRTH OF MARY | 23 |
A CERTAIN | 34 |
THE HEIRESS OF MICHAL | 48 |
THE APPARITION | 66 |
MARY AT AINRIMMON | 76 |
THE RETURN FROM EGYPT | 171 |
THE DOCTORS | 184 |
THE SLUR | 197 |
ARROW AND TILE | 210 |
FOUR BEASTS OF HOREB | 227 |
THE TEREBINTH FAIR | 237 |
KING ADAM 184 197 210 227 237 | 249 |
Part Three 269 282 XX THE HEALER | 269 |
THE TRIAL OF KING ANTIPATER | 90 |
THE BLOOD OF ZACHARIAS | 107 |
THE NATIVITY | 126 |
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT | 143 |
AT LEONTOPOLIS 34 66 76 90 126 | 157 |
THE POET AND SAGE | 282 |
THE BRIDEGROOM | 298 |
THE KINGDOM OF | 309 |
298 | 312 |
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