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02764aam a2200481Ii 4500 001 2C2D8D92477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 211103s2021 nyu b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021016079 020 $a 1250790697 020 $a 9781250790699 035 $a (OCoLC)1282246833 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c ZGR $d ZGR $d IFA $d IOU $d SILO 050 00 $a PS3563.I8235 $b F57 2021 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23/eng/20211102 100 1 $a Mitchell, Stephen, $d 1943- $e author. 245 14 $a The first Christmas : $b a story of new beginnings / $c Stephen Mitchell. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Essentials, $c 2021. 300 $a xix, 199 pages ; $c 20 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199). 520 $a "In The First Christmas, Stephen Mitchell brings the Nativity story to vivid life as never before. A narrative that is only sketched out in two Gospels becomes fully realized here with nuanced characters and a setting that reflects the culture of the time. Mitchell has suffused the birth of Jesus with a sense of beauty that will delight and astonish readers. In this version, we see the world through the eyes of a Whitmanesque ox and a visionary donkey, starry-eyed shepherds and Zen-like wise men, each of them providing a unique perspective on a scene that is, in Western culture, the central symbol for good tidings of great joy. Rather than superimposing later Christian concepts onto the Annunciation and Nativity scenes, he imagines Mary and Joseph experiencing the angelic message as a young Jewish woman and man living in the year 4 BCE might have experienced it, with terror, dismay, and ultimate acceptance. In this context, their yes becomes an act of great moral courage. Readers of every background will be enchanted by this startlingly beautiful reimagining of the Christmas tale"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Jesus Christ $x Nativity $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Christian fiction. 941 $a 15 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207021858.0 952 $l SUPC124 $d 20230621012229.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20221115010343.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20221111010412.0 952 $l WQPA215 $d 20220803164516.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20220720111133.0 952 $l YLPC314 $d 20220405013810.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20220302013711.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220104013541.0 952 $l RUPC135 $d 20211215033140.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20211211010421.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20211209010456.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20211203011204.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20211203010417.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211117010812.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2C2D8D92477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search