Project Gutenberg 2010-06-08 Public domain in the USA. 229 Sue, Eugène 1804 1857 Sue, Eugene Sue, Marie Joseph Sue, Marie Joseph Eugène De Leon, Daniel 1852 1914 Leon, Daniel De The Silver Cross; Or, The Carpenter of Nazareth Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Silver Cross; Or, The Carpenter of Nazareth" by Eugène Sue is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative is rooted in a critical period of Roman rule over Judea, exploring themes of class struggle and the nature of power and oppression, primarily through the characters surrounding Jesus of Nazareth, including a young slave named Genevieve. The opening sets the stage for conflicts between the ruling classes and the burgeoning movements led by Jesus, intertwining personal stories and societal critiques. At the start of the novel, Genevieve, a slave, accompanies her mistress Aurelia to a lavish supper hosted by Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem. Among the guests are influential figures such as the high priest Caiphus and several wealthy senators, who express growing discontent with Jesus and his radical teachings. Their discussions reveal deep-seated fears regarding Jesus's influence on the poor and the potential for social upheaval as they perceive his ideas as a threat to their power. As the narrative progresses, Genevieve’s curiosity about Jesus grows, leading to a plot that promises to explore her evolving understanding of freedom and the consequences of the Nazarene’s teachings amidst the historical backdrop of oppression and class conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Jesus Christ -- Fiction Christian fiction PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels 264109 2025-06-13T10:56:19.882020 text/html 264449 2010-06-08T16:53:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 102299 2010-06-08T16:56:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 183955 2025-06-13T10:56:27.741025 application/epub+zip 186366 2025-06-13T10:56:23.311971 application/epub+zip 165751 2025-06-13T10:56:21.951020 application/epub+zip 380130 2025-06-13T10:56:31.044954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364895 2025-06-13T10:56:26.820957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319729 2022-09-15T06:09:18.933250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248569 2025-06-13T10:56:19.177043 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 248429 2010-06-08T16:54:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 90831 2010-06-08T16:56:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 248435 2010-06-08T16:53:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90802 2010-06-08T16:56:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22007 2025-06-13T10:56:31.207920 application/rdf+xml 17214 2025-06-13T10:56:22.524985 image/jpeg 3787 2025-06-13T10:56:22.242006 image/jpeg 181368 2025-06-13T10:56:19.908993 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia