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Title: The Flames of Rome by Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0-8254-3297-9 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: March, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Intrigue of Nero and Peter and Paul
Comment: That start of the church is fascinating time, and Maier is adapt at capturing this by adducing from history (which he is a prominent scholar of) and then placing this history in excellent prose, story form.
The spread of Christianity to Rome and the troubles Nero is having with the ghettos provide the backdrop here for Luke's writing to Theopholis (Acts 1, Luke 1).
The spread of the church via the diaspora was central to its launch outside the Middle East, via the Greek language and commerce on an ever growing world.
Rating: 4
Summary: More history than fiction
Comment: The subtitle, "A Documentary Novel," is accurate. The author's novel (pun intended) approach to writing this book was to use only historical personages, and to take no literary license. Fiction there is, but no historical fact is contradicted, and the fill-in fictionalizing is done on the most probabalistic lines. This genre of work is just a few degrees removed from that of Edmund Morris' "Dutch," the Reagan bio into which the author inserted himself as a ficticious person. The detailed notes appended to the story validate the scope and many of the details of the plot. The minute research and command of all surviving historical works from the period, down to unpublished inscriptions found on ruins across the breadth of the Roman Empire, mark the author as among the most deeply versed Classicists alive. As literature, the book's readable and fast-paced plot does not rise to the level of "Quo Vadis?" or "Ben Hur," but easily compares with "The Robe." A stimulating and enjoyable read - all the more facinating because all of the named characters are authentically historical. -Lloyd A. Conway
Rating: 5
Summary: Facinating glimpse into the lives and times of Ancient Rome
Comment: I love reading historical novels and I have found Maier's amoung the best. I appreciate that he gives a chapter by chapter account of what is based on fact. This book was facinating!!! Nero, life in those times, the games at Circus Maximus, the history of the early church! I highly recommend this one!
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Title: Pontius Pilate by Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0825432960 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: A Skeleton In God's Closet by Paul Maier ISBN: 0840734247 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 15 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: In the Fullness of Time: A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church by Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0825433290 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: More Than A Skeleton : It Was One Man Against the World. by Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0785262385 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: 16 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Eusebius, the Church History: A New Translation With Commentary by Eusebius, Paul L. Maier ISBN: 0825433282 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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