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Stories Set in Nazareth
Nazareth is a Galilee hill town of churches, mosques and market lanes above farmland valleys. Revered as the childhood home of Jesus, it grew into Israel's largest Arab city, so stories blend pilgrimage sites with daily minority life. Wajib and Divine Intervention carry that hometown tension. Open Nazareth on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 7 books and 7 movies set in Nazareth.
The Young Messiah
Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
Wajib
After years abroad in Italy Shadi returns to his native Nazareth. But this is no spectacular homecoming. He's back somewhat begrudgingly to honour his "wajib" (or duty) to hand out invitations to his sister's wedding…
Divine Intervention
Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Most of the stories are…
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
This is a skeptic' s journey into the meaning of God and of human existence. At once an ironic rendering of the life of Christ and a beautiful novel, Saramago' s tale has sparked intense discussion about the meaning of…
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth. Two…
Holy Lands
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth Israel the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York Harry’s ex-wife Monica…
Mary of Nazareth
The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary a young Galilean virginal conceived the Messiah the Son of God. Her husband Joseph a humble carpenter decided to stay by his side throughout. When Caesar Augustus ordered the…
The Bronze Bow
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35) The Bronze Bow, written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of The Witch of Blackbird Pond) won the Newbery…
Full of Grace
Follows Mary of Nazareth in her last earthly days as she helps the fractious early Church regain their original encounter with The Lord.
Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
Pope Benedict XVI's iconic life of Jesus, a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of the central figure of the Christian faith."This book is . . . my personal search 'for the face of the Lord.'"--Benedict XVI In…
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