The splendor and pagan excesses of Roman society are confronted by the life-changing faith of Christianity in this historically accurate fiction work. Guaranteed fiction!
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Vivid style and keen insights make this book a delight and a genuine educational experience. (Moody Magazine 20040603)
A spectacular work of history and a sweeping story. (Christian Observer 20040603)
A splendid work. . . objective, interesting, and thought provoking. (Norman Vincent Peale 20040603)
Different religious persuasions will enjoy this unique book. The approach is reverent and not debunking. (Los Angeles Times 20040603)
Fact-filled, interesting, and successful. . . splendid research. This book is beautiful. (Christian Century 20040603)
Fascinating. . . brings a new perspective to a story we have known all our lives. (Redbook 20040603)
For the supremely pivotal event of the Resurrection, Paul Maier's book lends fresh and scholarly support. (Billy Graham 20040603)
In The Flames of Rome, Paul Maier has accomplished a tremendously challenging project, and he has done so with wonderful clarity and accuracy. (Christian Library Journal 20040603)
The author is at home in the vast literature of his subject. (New York Times Book Review )
Tremendously worthwhile. . . intensely enlightening and interesting. . . a wonderful book. (Christian Herald ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
A spectacular work of history and a sweeping story. (Christian Observer 20040603)
A splendid work. . . objective, interesting, and thought provoking. (Norman Vincent Peale 20040603)
Different religious persuasions will enjoy this unique book. The approach is reverent and not debunking. (Los Angeles Times 20040603)
Fact-filled, interesting, and successful. . . splendid research. This book is beautiful. (Christian Century 20040603)
Fascinating. . . brings a new perspective to a story we have known all our lives. (Redbook 20040603)
For the supremely pivotal event of the Resurrection, Paul Maier's book lends fresh and scholarly support. (Billy Graham 20040603)
In The Flames of Rome, Paul Maier has accomplished a tremendously challenging project, and he has done so with wonderful clarity and accuracy. (Christian Library Journal 20040603)
The author is at home in the vast literature of his subject. (New York Times Book Review )
Tremendously worthwhile. . . intensely enlightening and interesting. . . a wonderful book. (Christian Herald ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Paul L. Maier is the award-winning professor of ancient history at Western Michigan University. He is the author of numerous award-winning books ranging from children's books to historical texts. A recognized expert in church history, Dr. Maier speaks to a variety of groups and media outlets around the world.
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Maier brings history alive,
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This is the second documentary novel by Dr. Maier (see Pontius Pilate) and is a great introduction to the complex history of the period ruled by Claudius and Nero. Maier takes the primary source material and crafts it into a novel which nontheless stays as true to history as is capable.I learned much more about the background to the New Testament Church from this book than I did with many seminary bible classes. Dr. Maier actually footnotes many key elements of his novel, and the footnotes will lead you into the tangle of primary sources without getting too lost. If you want to understand what Paul and the early Church were up against, by all means pick up this book. 4 stars (not 5) due to some slighlty juvenile romance between some of the main characters that takes a little pleasure out of the experience.
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Maier Is A Master Storyteller,
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From the author of A Skeleton In God's Closet. Outstanding historical fiction, telling the story of Nero's rise to power as emperor of Rome, why he "went bad," and climaxing in the infamous burning of Rome that was blamed on the Christians. This book takes a plethora of historical research, uses that as its foundation, and fills in the blanks with some fine speculation and character enhancement by Maier. It makes history come alive, with vivid brush strokes. This is a definate hidden gem, and one that anyone interested in this era will want to search out.
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Excellent Historical Fiction of Ancient Rome,
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Along w/ historical notes by a well-respected historian, Flames of Rome offers an interesting and attention-capturing account of Nero's persection of the Christians in 65 AD. Characters are well developed and believable. If you like historical fiction, that is heavy on the history and less on the fiction, this is the book for you.
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SPRING was daubing a drab and hibernating Italy with brush strokes of fertile green. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Aulus Plautius, Flavius Sabinus, Paul of Tarsus, Castra Praetoria, Quintus Lateranus, Praetorian Guard, Urban Cohorts, Gaius Silius, Simon Peter, Nero Caesar, Pomponia Graecina, Thrasea Paetus, Annaeus Seneca, Circus Maximus, Bay of Naples, Claudius Caesar, Conscript Fathers, Quintus Plautius Lateranus, Appian Way, Castra Urbana, Divine Claudius, Festival of Ceres, Ofonius Tigellinus, Roman Empire, Senator Capito New!
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- Seneca, Epistulae morales: Texte mit Erlauterungen. Arbeitsauftrage, Begleittexte, Lernwortschatz (EXEMPLA) (German Edition) by Seneca in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Roman Empire by Colin Well on page 4, and page 46
- Pontius Pilate: A Novel by Paul L. Maier in Front Matter
- Josephus: The Essential Works by Flavius Josephus in Front Matter
- Lives of the Caesars (Oxford World's Classics) by Suetonius in Back Matter
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- Eusebius: The Church History by Eusebius in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Pontius Pilate: A Novel by Paul L. Maier in Front Matter
- More Than a Skeleton: It Was One Man Against the World. by Paul L. Maier in Front Matter
- Josephus: The Essential Works by Flavius Josephus in Front Matter
- In the Fullness of Time: A Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church by Paul L. Maier in Front Matter
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