{"product_id":"the-word-a-novel","title":"The Word: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrving Wallaces \"The Word\". From the inside flap jacket: \"I  James of Jerusalem  brother of the Lord Jesus Christ  heir of the Lord  eldest of the Lords surviving brethren and the son of Joseph of Nazareth...herewith...set down a brief testimony of my brother Jesus Christs life and ministry...\" A momentous archeological discovery  the greatest of all time-and the immediate effect it has on the varied group of men and women whose lives are intimately touched and altered by it-is at the heart of Irving Wallaces magnificent and exciting new novel  ... In the ruins of the ancient Roman seaport of Ostia Antica  an Italian archeologist has discovered a first-century papyrus  its faded Aramaic text revealing a new gospel written by James  younger brother of Jesus  the original source of the four gospels of the New Testament. The discovery offers the modern world a new Jesus Christ  a real man who lived and walked on earth  fills in the missing years of his ministry  contradicts the existing accounts of his life-and of his supposed death. ...To Steven Randall  the cynical and successful young New York public relations man who has been hired to introduce the International New Testament to the world  the assignment offers more than an awesome challenge. ... But from the moment that Randall decides to investigate the new gospel  he is caught up in a web of intrigue...Swiftly  recklessly  Randall eludes the vast international organization known by the code name Resurrection Two  which has been created to exploit the new Bible. Moving from New York and London to Amsterdam  Paris  Frankfurt  Rome-from the British Museum to a French radiocarbon laboratory  form the Dutch Westerkerk to a monastery on a Grecian peninsula-Randall continues his pursuit of the shadowy  mysterious figure-convict  madman  genius-who alone knows the truth about The Word.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963272065077,"sku":"ByrdShop_0671211536","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780671211530.jpg?v=1770410248","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-word-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}