Resources in the St. Luke Library
Easter, Lent, and Passover (PDF)
Come and browse books, videos, and CDs about Easter, Lent, and Passover for all ages. Adult books range from biblical studies, history, and theology to poetry.
Check out is for three weeks. Please return the item to the black bin just inside the library door within that time frame so that others may use it.
For Adults and Teens
Borg, Marcus. Jesus at 2000; Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teaching, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary; and Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time
Borg, Marcus and John Dominic Crossan. The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem
Cahill, Thomas. Desire of Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus
Crossan, John Dominic. Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography; Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus; and Who is Jesus?
Funk, Robert. Honest to Jesus
Heyward, Carter. Saving Jesus from those who are right
Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack. Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus
Smith, Chris. Risking the Terror: Resurrection in This Life
Spong, John Shelby. Resurrection: Myth or Reality? A Bishop’s Search for the Origins of Christianity
Weems, Anne. Kneeling in Jerusalem
Videos and CDs
PBS. From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (4 video set)
Teaching Company. From Jesus To Constantine Part 1 (6 CDs) and Part 2 (6 CDs)
Teaching Company. Historical Jesus Part 1 (6 CDs) and Part 2 (6 CDs)
For Children
dePaolo, Tomie. The Parables of Jesus and My First Easter (board book)
Higgs, Liz Curtis. The Parable of the Lily
Polacco, Patricia. Rechenka's Eggs
Passover
There are also books about Passover and Judaism for all ages. Malka Drucker’s The Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays offers stories, history, and activities that go along with each holiday, such as Passover.
Patricia Polacco’s Mrs. Katz and Tush is a delightful children’s story about the unlikely friendship between a recently widowed Jewish woman, a young boy, and a cat, and their celebration of the Seder meal.
For Children
dePaolo, Tomie. My First Passover (board book)
Drucker, Malka. The Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays
Polacco, Patricia. Mrs. Katz and Tush (seder meal)