The Life, Death and Times of Maryam the God-Bearer
Joseph Erbal Konrad [Konrad, Joseph Erbal]In a first century Roman city an old woman exiled from home is visited by a mysterious stranger, a time traveler from the future. He seeks the story of her life, and the secrets of her son's... "The Life, Death and Times of Maryam the God-Bearer" is an eye-opening and humanizing look at one of history's most important women, her sprawling family and the world she lived in. She was accused of being a liar, an adulteress, an oath-breaker. She defeated them all. A precocious girl wise beyond her years, she navigated a world dominated by men and charted a path faithful to her calling when almost everyone questioned her. Descended from the ancient royal family, she lived, grew old and died in obscurity, revered only by a handful of her son's devoted followers. Two millennia later, she is revered by billions. From her unusual childhood weaving the Great Tapestry in the Jerusalem Temple, to her forbidden friendship with a Roman soldier, her unconventional marriage and her remarkable Son, to her final years in foreign exile, "The Life, Death and Times of Maryam the God-Bearer" takes you behind the woman in the Gospels to explore the suffering and triumphs of the most revered and controversial woman in human history... Maryam, the God-Bearer.