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Ben lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and two children. He currently works at the Melbourne School of Theology as their eLearning Coordinator. He enjoys reading, writing, music and playing computer games in equal measures. He has an interest in the intersection between theology and the arts, and to that end has written a play based on the life of Saul, a musical based on the Biblical book of Esther, and a novel that is actually a thinly-disguised commentary on the book of Revelation (as he says, "If others can do it, so can I!") For those who might be interested, he lists C. S. Lewis, Peter Shaffer and Neal Stephenson as his literary inspirations. ...more

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It looks like I will be doing a small print-run of the The Ephesus Scroll. I'm not sure how many to do. So, please leave a comment if you might be interested in buying a copy...

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	The Ephesus Scroll (Exegetical Histories Book 1) 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rome Gospel 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meeting Of Minds 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corinth Letters (Exegetical Histories Book 2) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saul, First King of Israel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saul, First King Of Israel: A Play 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ben Chenoweth rated a book really liked it Spook Street (Slough House, #4) by Mick Herron	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another excellent addition to this enormously fun series. Plenty of twists and turns in this one!
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Another rollicking plot with a cast of flawed characters, not least the central character of Jackson Lamb. Having seen the TV series, I basically knew what would happen; but the writing style, with a number of laugh-out-loud moments, made this a very ...more
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This is a short sci-fi novel that is essentially a philosophical discussion on art (specifically, how original pieces of art are so much more than even perfect replicas) wrapped in an interplanetary heist/war plot.
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This is a short sci-fi novel that is essentially a philosophical discussion on art (specifically, how original pieces of art are so much more than even perfect replicas) wrapped in an interplanetary heist/war plot.
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Translation: 4 stars Plot / characterisations: 2 stars OK, so it's a very old story. But it hasn't exactly aged well! Spoiler alert, but a summary of the whole thing is an inveterate liar swans his way across the Mediterranean, living off the largesse ...more
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What a wonderful series this is turning out to be! Interesting characters, especially the central character of Jackson Lamb, in a page-turning plot with plenty of twists. Loved it!
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This was a worthy sequel to a fascinating concept novel (in which the Greek gods are real and Athena sets up a bunch of Plato aficionados from across time to attempt to build the Just City with 10,000 10 year-old slave children). The sequel begins af ...more
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