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For those who wonder about the time, place, and people behind the parables, City on a Hill
provides a fascinating encounter with the most unforgettable and divinely human Jesus ever.
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Recurring Characters
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Many of the characters from The Welcoming Door appear once again in City on a Hill,
including Arah, the servant boy. In the third volume, Tower of Stone, Arah joins Jeshua at the Jordan river and
watches as Jeshua is baptized by his cousin John. Later, Arah becomes one of the twelve apostles and
is given a new name by Jeshua. Can you guess which one?
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Sepphoris |
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Just three miles from Nazareth (a hamlet of only a couple hundred people) stood Sepphoris, capital of Galilee. With 30,000
inhabitants, Sepphoris boasted colonnaded, paved streets, sewers, running water, public baths, and a 4,000 seat
amphitheatre.
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CITY ON A HILL
Parables of the Carpenter, Vol. 2
by Kenny Kemp
ISBN 006008265-8
Hardcover, 278 pages
HarperSanFrancisco, 2004
Meet Jesus before he started
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Description
In City on a Hill, Jeshua's formative adventures continue, weaving two New Testament parables into a compelling narrative. Just five miles from Nazareth
lies Sepphoris, the teeming capital of Galilee, where Jeshua encounters the larger Roman world, a world of powerful, scheming men who love darkness more
than light. Working as an artisan on an immense basilica, Jeshua struggles not only with the wicked governor and his cabal of conspirators, but with his fellow
workers, who are threatening to strike over unpaid wages. And when King Herod Antipas himself rides into Sepphoris on a stormy Sabbath evening, Jeshua is
faced with his greatest challenge yet -- to hold true to his radical, peaceful Gospel and still protect his friends and family. Into this
volatile mix are stirred two of Jesus's most thought-provoking stories, the parable of the unjust judge, which reveals the principle of faithful
persistence, and the parable of the unmerciful servant, which illuminates the power of forgiveness.
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Review
As he did in The Welcoming Door, Kemp imaginatively places a young Christ (Jeshua) in the midst of the parable events that formed
the foundation of his later teachings. In this fresh conjecture on the missing years in the life of Christ, Kemp draws his version of Jesus endearingly and
well. He strikes a subtle balance between showing the humanity of Jeshua, while hinting at his possible divinity. Readers will find the likeable
Jeshua also portrayed as reflective, 'a loner given to long, solitary walks and disappearances; a fellow who, even when he laughed, seemed somehow melancholy,
as if he were carrying a secret weight.' Haunted by dreams of his own death and the violent atrocities that would be perpetrated in his name in future years,
Jeshua poignantly whispers to the night sky, 'Father, must it be so? Is there no other way?... Please, bring me home.' This unusual take on the life of Jesus
should have wide appeal to many readers of faith." -- Publishers Weekly
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