The Priest (2004)
The Priest is a 2004 bible book written by Francine Rivers.
Francine Rivers turns from the heroes of scripture to the men who stood beside them. The Priest opens a companion series to A Lineage of Grace with Aaron, brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. Aaron is not the one God calls from the burning bush, and the novella sits with what that costs him: the pull to lead, the summons to support instead, and the long work of being satisfied with a smaller portion of the story. Rivers writes it as devotional fiction, close to the biblical text and pointed toward the reader's own faith.
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What is The Priest about?
Francine Rivers turns from the heroes of scripture to the men who stood beside them. The Priest opens a companion series to A Lineage of Grace with Aaron, brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. Aaron is not the one God calls from the burning bush, and the novella sits with what that costs him: the pull to lead, the summons to support instead, and the long work of being satisfied with a smaller portion of the story. Rivers writes it as devotional fiction, close to the biblical text and pointed toward the reader's own faith.
When was The Priest published?
The Priest was published in 2004.
Who made The Priest?
The Priest was written by Francine Rivers.
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A few thoughts on The Priest
Readers should try the animated film The Prince of Egypt, which tells the Exodus story Aaron lives inside and carries a memorable score. The Ten Commandments works too, staging the same events in grand classic-Hollywood scale for anyone who wants the epic version of the world Francine Rivers writes from the inside.
Moses and Aaron's story told as biblical fiction and film
The Priest sits inside Aaron's half of the Exodus story, the brother who supports instead of leads. The Prince of Egypt and The Ten Commandments dramatize the same escape from Egypt on screen, The Exodus retells the history behind it, and Moses, Man of the Mountain reimagines the same events from an entirely different angle.
Biblical-era companion novels about faith tested under ancient rule
The Priest is devotional fiction close to scripture, pointed at the reader's own faith the way this whole shelf of companion novels is. Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness follow believers under Roman rule, The Centurion's Wife and The Hidden Flame do the same from a soldier's household, and Unspoken and Lineage of Grace return to figures scripture only mentions in passing, exactly like Aaron.
Old Testament women get their own reckoning
The Priest hands Aaron a story of his own instead of leaving him a supporting player in Moses's, and this group does the same for the Old Testament's women. Michal and Rachel & Leah build full novels around wives scripture treats briefly, The Red Tent gives Dinah the same treatment on screen, and Till Shiloh Comes and By Way of the Wilderness widen the frame further still.