The Centurion’s Wife
Acts of Faith: Book One
by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke
Paperback
Price: £8.99
Publisher:Bethany House imprint of Baker Pub from Lion
Published:Summer 2009
ISBN:978-0-764-20514-9
GoodBookStall Review:
These fictional re-telling of Biblical stories often affect me quite deeply, and this one especially so. Jesus has been crucified and Pontius Pilate and his wife Procula are both very disturbed as a result. Pilate because he fears a revolt in the territory he governs, Procula because of her recurring dream of the dead prophet and her headaches. The story revolves around their separate ways of obtaining the truth. Pilate uses Alban the Centurion in charge of the garrison at Capernaum in Galilee and Procula, Leah, a so called niece of Pilate’s, who is a servant in Pilate’s household despite her high birth. This is complicated by Alban being promised Leah as a wife if he fulfils Pilate’s bidding. Leah gets no say in the matter.
Both Alban and Leah separately obey their orders and in doing so learn of the follower’s of Jesus’ belief, that he has risen from the dead.
As the story unfolds you can almost smell and hear the atmosphere in the Jerusalem streets, the animals, the people: feel the quiet peace that surrounds the believers and the arrogant brashness of the Romans.
A thoroughly good story that gives you a real feel for what it was like at that time.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (08/07/09)
These fictional re-telling of Biblical stories often affect me quite deeply, and this one especially so. Jesus has been crucified and Pontius Pilate and his wife Procula are both very disturbed as a result. Pilate because he fears a revolt in the territory he governs, Procula because of her recurring dream of the dead prophet and her headaches. The story revolves around their separate ways of obtaining the truth. Pilate uses Alban the Centurion in charge of the garrison at Capernaum in Galilee and Procula, Leah, a so called niece of Pilate’s, who is a servant in Pilate’s household despite her high birth. This is complicated by Alban being promised Leah as a wife if he fulfils Pilate’s bidding. Leah gets no say in the matter.
Both Alban and Leah separately obey their orders and in doing so learn of the follower’s of Jesus’ belief, that he has risen from the dead.
As the story unfolds you can almost smell and hear the atmosphere in the Jerusalem streets, the animals, the people: feel the quiet peace that surrounds the believers and the arrogant brashness of the Romans.
A thoroughly good story that gives you a real feel for what it was like at that time.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (08/07/09)
