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“Let me be with you!” Homeless, living for years in a statiqjest iac after ac after his exorcism: his inner batters, his return to the family and the first century Jewish community, his e of demonic insanity, Ithamar one day spots a mysterious man on the shore, runs to him, and finds himself wholly cured. But when he begs this healer to take him as a disciple, he is rejected and ordered to go home. Jesus and entourage sail off toward the horizon without him. Why was he turned away–and how can he begin a new life? Eight time Nobel Prize nominee Ricardo Bacchelli images the life of the Gerasene demonic after his exorcism: his inner battles, his returned to the family and the first century Jewish community, his quest for love and meaning. Elegantly translated and introduced by Anthonny Esolen, this book is a gripping psychological, historical, and theological investigation into what it takes for the “uncalled” to follow Christ, to seek the face of Jesus from the distance. Bacchelli offers a vivid and viscerall experience of the world of the New Testament, including elaborate charcter studies of the Bible’s darkest figures: ;Herod, Herodia, and Judas. Paper.
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