Chariline has always been different, her caramel skin and dark, curled hair easily identifying her as part Cushite. When she overhears that her birth father is still alive—a fact about which her relatives had lied—she […]
During the past few years, I have read a good amount of biblical retellings of the story of Miriam, the sister of Moses. In spring 2021, Jill Eileen Smith will join this group with her […]
Like all biblical fiction reviews, let me recap what I think makes for good biblical fiction. First, it doesn’t blatantly contradict anything in Scripture. Second, it tells its own story while being faithful to the […]
I’m pretty sure I begin every review of Biblical fiction with this phrase: Biblical fiction is hard to write. If you stray too far from what’s known of the biblical story, readers will shout at […]
“My given name was Jesus. I never liked that name, even as a boy. It didn’t fit me somehow, and my later infamous connection to the son of Joseph the Carpenter made it unbearable. So, […]
I have read several novels centered around the story of Rahab, and each one has left me both convicted and filled with an intense warmth that can only come from God. Pearl in the Sand […]
The Magi have been shrouded in legend since their singular, enigmatic appearance in the Gospels. By AD 500, the early church fathers had reworked them as kings. Later reformers, such as John Calvin, pushed back […]
Writing Biblical fiction is no easy task, particularly when the chosen protagonist is also the protagonist of an entire book of the Bible. With ten novels of lesser-known biblical women in the rearview mirror, Jill […]
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