Bücher von Bodie Thoene

Jerusalem, April 1948: In sechs Wochen werden die Briten endgültig aus Israel abziehen und noch immer ist die Jerusalemer Altstadt von der Außenwelt abgeriegelt. Die Menschen, die dort ausharren, sollen ausgehungert werden. Aber Mosche und seine Mitstreiter geben nicht auf, sondern planen eine nie dagewesene Rettungsaktion. Wird es ihnen gelingen, den Ring der feindlichen Truppen zu durchbrechen?Derweil werden David und Ellie in geheimer Mission nach Europa geschickt. Ihr Auftrag führt sie nach Italien, wo sie an Bord eines Tankers auf ein riesiges Arsenal an Waffen für den Nahen Osten stoßen. Aber wie sollen sie verhindern, dass diese in die falschen Hände geraten?

Jerusalem, April 1948: Der Countdown läuft: Fünf Länder haben ein Interesse daran, Palästina nach dem Abzug der Briten unter sich aufzuteilen. Unter Hochdruck bemühen sich David Ben-Gurion und Golda Meir um eine diplomatische Lösung. Derweil rüstet sich die jüdische Untergrundarmee Haganah für den bevorstehenden Angriff. Aber wird es Mosche gelingen, seine Leute mit den notwendigen Waffen zu versorgen?David und Ellie müssen nach Abschluss ihrer Geheimmission in Europa untertauchen. Wie lange wird es dauern, bis man sie mit ihrer Tat in Verbindung bringt? Werden sie es schaffen, rechtzeitig in Palästina zu sein, um die junge Nation Israel im Kampf um ihre Existenz zu unterstützen?

"The little town of Nazareth is a long way from Jerusalem. But is anywhere in Judea safe from Herod's evil clutches?" Gossip swirls around the newlyweds Mary and Yosef. It is far too soon for her womb to carry the growing baby, neighbors say. Yet too much is at stake for Yosef to reveal the truth. He vows to protect Mary and the baby with his life, but how can he protect her heart from the barbs of betrayal? As beloved prophetess Hannah boldly foretells the coming of Israel's true King, King Herod plots her doom . . . and that of anyone else he believes challenges his throne. When a dying slave stumbles into Beth-lehem on a stormy night, shepherd Zadok and his wife, Rachel, wonder: Is her arrival guided by God or a trap set by the paranoid Herod? As Mary and Yosef set out on a perilous journey to Jerusalem, astronomer Melchior sees unusual activity in the stars. He's convinced something important will happen soon in Israel . . . and it will impact the world, for all eternity.

In "Vienna Prelude," Elisa Lindheim risks her life helping others escape pre-World War II Austria. In the second book of "The Zion Covenant" series, Elisa is caught in the center of violence that sweeps Europe as Hitler's plan to annihilate the Jews unfolds.

It is a time of great danger and suffering . . . yet the candle of hope still gleams. The census riots are barely past. Bands of Zealots roam the canyons. Anguished shrieks echo against the hillsides of Nazareth as Rome crushes the last pockets of Jewish resistance. Herod the Butcher King is dead, but his cruel son, Antipas, now reigns in the Galil. Nine-year-old Jude and six-year-old Kerah watch as their father, Judah the Zealot, the hero of the Galil, hangs on a Roman cross. His dying whisper to Jude? "Take your sister to Jerusalem." But the journey is long and dangerous . . . especially for two small children and an old woman. Zachariah, Elisheba, and young Yochanan watch the compelling signs in the heavens and ponder what they mean. Could a day of justice be coming for the Jews? Aged scholar Rabbi Mazzar travels with his three Yeshiva students to Jerusalem for Passover and their bar mitzvahs. He has high hopes for twelve-year-old Yeshua, who seems to study people as well as Torah. Could such a one make a great rabbi? Or be the founder of something even more enduring? Special feature: Study questions suitable for individual use or group discussion.

The conclusion of the three-book Nativity story within the A.D. Chronicles series chronicles Mary, Yosef, and baby Yeshua in the first months of his life in Bethlehem. From the shepherds visit to the escape to Egypt to the Bethlehem babies who gave their life for Jesus, readers will discover the most critical events in the history of the world.

Daniel, son of Melchior and Esther of Ecbatana, lives in rebellion and a drunken stupor, a great embarrassment that his older brother is only too happy to point out to their father. Feeling that he can never meet with approval, Daniel asks for his inheritance and strikes out on his own. He innocently puts his trust in a man who promises him great wealth. But nothing is as it seems, and Daniel soon finds his life in danger. Only when he has lost everything does he begin to truly understand his fatherΓÇÖs love.