{"product_id":"the-misconceived-conception-of-a-baby-named-jesus-bill-burkland-paperback-3","title":"The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus -- Bill Burkland, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A fun, pithy sendup of one of the best-known origin stories.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...a sharp, shrewd, witty, and occasionally wacky alternate-universe Bible...\" -\u003cstrong\u003eGreg Thompson, writer-producer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book merits book-club discussion and argument.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Glenn R. Miller, author \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a warm Galilean night, Mary and Joseph get to know each other (in the biblical sense) in a secluded garden in Nazareth. Nine months later, Mary's pious mother, seeing that her young, unwed daughter is pregnant, enlists the help of a pompous high priest to characterize the pregnancy as divine, of God's seed. When Mary refuses to go along with her mother's scheme, she and Joseph enter a battle with her parents over every aspect of the birth and the fate of their baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs word of a miraculous virgin birth spreads through Bethlehem, factions form, and allegiances shift among unscrupulous shepherds, dubious Wise Men, an elderly innkeeper, an earnest but malodorous peasant and an aging cat with a penchant for prophecy-all trying to answer the crucial question: Is the baby named Jesus truly the Son of God or merely a mortal born of earthly parents?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Burkland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Koehler Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888245392\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Burkland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46214103957732,"sku":"9798888245392","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9798888245392.jpg?v=1744148899","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-misconceived-conception-of-a-baby-named-jesus-bill-burkland-paperback-3","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}