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  <title><![CDATA[First Light (A. D. Chronicles #1)]]></title>
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  <default-description>Spiritual and political darkness shroud the world's holiest and most turbulent city. Ruled by Rome and manipulated by religious rulers with only selfish interests in mind, the people of Jerusalem wonder if their Deliverer will ever come.
    
Susanna and Manaen desperately search for hope and meaning - in a world where their love is forbidden. Others pray and wait for light, the True Light of Messiah, to dawn. Peniel the beggar, Marcus the Roman Centurion, Zadok the Chief Shepherd of Israel, and his three adopted orphan boys - all long for a vision of hope.     Now a healer named Yeshua walks the streets of Jerusalem. Is he the true Messiah? Or only another imposter, like so many before him? 

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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1973</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>First Light (A. D. Chronicles #1)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brock Thoene]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The First Light takes place in Jerusalem just before the time of Christ.  It is written from the angle of a blind beggar.  I found it very interesting to read from this angle because of the persecution of the blind (or any disability) during this time period.  Also has other views including that of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14933783">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 15:44:34 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 15:47:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The A.D. Chronicles is a great series - it's set during the time of Jesus's three years of teaching/miracles, etc. There's about a year left in his ministry. You see the miracles from the perspectives of the people who are affected by them - the pros and the cons. You get a lot of history also, abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42830891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52514639">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 11:16:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 13 11:26:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book!  The authors took a story about a real person from the New Testament (the healing of the man &quot;blind from birth&quot;) and created a fictional story about what this man's life may have been like.  Very poignant and moving, with lots of historical details and enough sub-plots to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52514639">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56094290">
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  <date_added>Thu May 14 14:16:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 14 14:20:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent historical fiction with an incredible amount of research brought to bear.  Gives a great understanding of the Jewish worldview, and heritage, embedded in the struggle of political intrigue of the Roman empire.  The idea of the Messiah, and all that He means is that much more incredible cou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56094290">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69291475">
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 28 20:31:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 28 20:46:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this author. This is the first book in her latest series. After you've read it, you feel like you have been in Jerusalem at the time of Yeshua (Jesus). The history is fascinating, and the emotional strains of the characters drew me in. I should have had an Amamaic dictionary for deciphering a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69291475">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40630889">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 21 18:00:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 22 16:50:57 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is really good!  It gives you a chance to see what life was like during the time of Jesus.  Only this speaks through the common people.  You are able to see what the fighting was really like between the Jews and the Romans.  Really good if you like historical fiction.]]></body>
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    <review id="41120568">
    <user id="1295798">
    <name><![CDATA[Shanda]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 28 16:13:29 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 28 16:15:56 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is amazing. The story is set in the life time of Jesus. The principle characters are those who have contact with Him or know of Him. I have also read the 2nd book and have started the third.]]></body>
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    <review id="44535305">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really good book, and the fist in the series. This book you can find at Colonial's Library, and it is a historical fiction book about the time of Christ.]]></body>
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    <review id="55279473">
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  <date_added>Thu May 07 12:03:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 07 12:05:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book.  The author took some liberties that I wasn't sure were accurate but overall it was a very engaging story.  I'm excited to read the sequel.]]></body>
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    <review id="47941181">
    <user id="689359">
    <name><![CDATA[Rita]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is the first in a series of 9.  I'm just finished book three of the AD Chronicles.  These books are fantastic. ]]></body>
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    <review id="38303042">
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 21 07:48:18 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 21 07:49:30 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Historial fiction that really puts names and faces to people in the New Testament. Good, good book!!! ]]></body>
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    <review id="47539923">
    <user id="2054627">
    <name><![CDATA[Kim E.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Incredible first book in a nine novel series entitled &quot;A.D. Chronicles&quot;.  Historical fiction, set during the time that Yeshua/Jesus walked on earth among us.  Bodie and Brock Thoene put an extensive amount of research into their novels...so much that some of their books have been used to t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47539923">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42793600">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 10:14:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoyed reading about how things would have been during Jesus' day. ]]></body>
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    <review id="59838403">
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    <name><![CDATA[Warephreak]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was introduced to this series when I stumbled upon the audio version of book two and loved it. Had to go back and start at the beginning. I enjoyed listening to these (at least he ones I could find) as I have a long commute and they are well done. I have read the others up through book 8. I am buy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59838403">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30182871">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kathyred]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 21 12:20:42 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Aug 21 12:20:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended to me by home-schooled friend from church.  Hard for me to rate, as I didn't feel compelled to finish it, yet I can see how strong Christians love the reverence towards Christ exhibited in the story.  As a reader, I didn't believe the premise of the book, and the characters were all 2 di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30182871">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23525324">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always loved historical fiction, and so really looked forward to reading this book. I really liked the story itself, the historical references and the way you see how people lived in the time of Jesus.  I found the going back and forth between characters to be a bit annoying at first, but got u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23525324">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46272110">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book very much.  It is set in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus.  It is interesting to envision the landscape, the people and the politics of the time.  I also am enjoying the story that is unfolding.  I can't wait to start into the 2nd book of the series and find out what happens wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46272110">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very engaging. The development of the blind beggar, healed by Jesus, was especially good. I think I will always think of him as &quot;Peniel&quot; and sense him as the person in this book. It was hard to sort out and keep track of the Roman political struggles and characters, but the o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59966848">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good idea just didn't like the writing. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I don't love Thoene's writing style, I really like how this series brings to life the people and circumstances surrounding Christ's life.  I find myself better able to visualize the gospel accounts after reading this series (at least the cultural context--obviously the details can't be comp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19254848">more...</a>]]></body>
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