. . "1900 - 1999" . . . "\"Examines how five novelists have taken ideas from legends and apocryphal writings and reshaped them to fit a contemporary audience and to portray major Christian figures in a way that confronts our longheld beliefs and provides insight into the ways we approach religion\"--Provided by publisher." . . . . . . . . "They love to tell the story : five contemporary novelists take on the gospels" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" .