Description
| Product ID: | 9780232534160 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Joseph and the Three Gifts |
| Subtitle: | An Angel's story |
| Authors: | Author: Brian Sibley |
| Page Count: | 112 |
| Subjects: | Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & spiritual fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A wonderful story for all ages, perfect for Advent and Christmas, Joseph and the Three Gifts follows Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem, in hiding in Egypt and a return to his carpentry in Nazareth as Jesus grows from boy to man to messiah. And it asks what Joseph might have done with the Magi's gifts of frankincense, gold and myrrh. ** As featured on BBC Radio 4 this Christmas, narrated by Alex Jennings **Although we are all familiar with Joseph – from a legion of retellings of the Christmas story – he remains, for many, a shadowy figure about whom we know very little and who is rarely given much thought, if any. This beautiful meditative fable, imagined as it might be told by the archangel Gabriel, helps us to understand who Joseph was and how he might have felt about the part he was called to play in the Greatest Story Ever Told.Joseph and the Three Gifts follows Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem, in hiding in Egypt and a return to his carpentry in Nazareth as Jesus grows from boy to man to messiah. And it asks what Joseph might have done with the Magi’s gifts of frankincense, gold and myrrh.A wonderful story for all ages, perfect for Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter.The cover and interior illustrations for Joseph and the Three Gifts are by Henry Martin, an artist, ordained Anglican minister and author of Eavesdropping. |
| Imprint Name: | Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-09-17 |