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Quite the set of stories is captured in the novel, Saving the World. Julia Alvarez took me in with her contemporary main character, Alma, who in turn is carried away by Isabel,the heroine of a bygone era. Isabel’s saga returns us to an historical expedition: the dispersal of small pox vaccine throughout the new world by boy carriers sailing across many oceans. Alma becomes embroiled in a Caribbean experiment combating AIDS that also promotes sustainability. Read this for its early 19th century story and for fascinating obvious and elusive connections between the two women and their humanitarian men.
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My 21st century mind and heart find these Christian scholars' discussion of Mark's Gospel completely intriguing and thoughtful. Oregon professor Borg and his colleague Crossan provoke profound discernment. Surely the author of Mark would welcome their ideas as compatible with the Jewish Jesus he may have known. They also correct centuries of ignorant interpretation concerning Jewish and Roman interests during Jesus' last week.
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Saving the World: A Novel by Julia Alvarez
Annis, August 5, 2009
Quite the set of stories is captured in the novel, Saving the World. Julia Alvarez took me in with her contemporary main character, Alma, who in turn is carried away by Isabel,the heroine of a bygone era. Isabel’s saga returns us to an historical expedition: the dispersal of small pox vaccine throughout the new world by boy carriers sailing across many oceans. Alma becomes embroiled in a Caribbean experiment combating AIDS that also promotes sustainability. Read this for its early 19th century story and for fascinating obvious and elusive connections between the two women and their humanitarian men.(0 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Last Week: The Day-By-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem by Marcus J Borg
Annis, March 11, 2008
My 21st century mind and heart find these Christian scholars' discussion of Mark's Gospel completely intriguing and thoughtful. Oregon professor Borg and his colleague Crossan provoke profound discernment. Surely the author of Mark would welcome their ideas as compatible with the Jewish Jesus he may have known. They also correct centuries of ignorant interpretation concerning Jewish and Roman interests during Jesus' last week.