Bøger om Herodes

En karavanefører på vej hjem ser en mægtig ny stjerne på himlen. Samtidig sker det i to af Judæas mindste landsbyer, at to meget forskellige kvinder bliver gravide. Den ene er for gammel til, at det burde kunne ske. Den anden er for ung og risikerer stening, hvis hendes forlovede ikke vil have hende. Judæa regeres af tyrannen Herodes, som mister sit nære venskab med Romerrigets kejser Augustus, der foranstalter en folketælling i Herodes rige.TEMPEL er Anne-Cathrine Riebnitzskys historiske roman, der foregår i årene op til Jesu fødsel. Første bind i en planlagt trilogi om den måske vigtigste fortælling i vores kultur.

If you happen to be religious in any “Christian sort of way” maybe you ought to find something else to read.I can highly recommend “The Old Testament”, especially if you happen to be a sadist as well and wish to ascertain how God mistreated his “Chosen People”. And then – if you maybe just happen to find this first half of “The good book” just a little on the tame side – you can always “hot it up” a little by reading Martin Luther’s “Katekismus” as well. In his writ, the rebellious monk teaches you how to become a “good Christian” by mistreating women, children, donkeys, dogs, cats and servants – not to forget Jews as well of course!