Ergebnis für "Judas" in Literatur & Belletristik

"Ich kenne die Frau, die mich zum Opfer dieser Mächte werden ließ. Jetzt habe ich sie gefunden. Und ich werde ihr rauben, was ihr am Herzen liegt! Bevor ich auch sie auslösche ..." Theresia Sarkowitz, genannt Sia, ist ein "Kind des Judas", uralt und doch ewig jung. Sorgfältig getarnt wacht sie über ihre Nachkommen, eine unschuldige junge Frau und ihre Tochter, damit diese nicht dasselbe Schicksal erleiden wie sie - einst als Untote wiederauferstehen zu müssen. Doch dann taucht eine Gestalt auf, die seit Jahrhunderten nach Sia sucht. Eine Gestalt, deren Kräfte ausreichen, sie zu töten. Und die voll Rachedurst ist.

In dem abgeschiedenen Dorf Grein am Gebirge, eingeschlossen zwischen den Bergen und einem Fluss, wird eine verstümmelte Mädchenleiche entdeckt, der mehrere Rückenwirbel fehlen. Als Kommissar Alex Körner und sein Team mehrere Exhumierungen anordnen, nehmen die Ermittlungen eine ungeahnte Wendung. Zudem spitzt sich die Lage zu, als der vom Dauerregen stark angeschwollene Fluss über die Ufer tritt. Vom Hochwasser eingeschlossen und von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten, kommt eine schreckliche Wahrheit ans Licht und die grausamen Morde gehen weiter.

Als die Fechterin Saskia bei einem Turnier gegen den geheimnisvollen Levantin antritt, ahnt sie nicht, dass er ein Dämon ist und seit Jahrhunderten auf sie wartet - denn tief in ihr schlummert eine Gabe, die nur er erwecken kann. Levantin will, dass Saskia für ihn die Blutportale öffnet, damit er in seine Heimat zurückkehren kann. Doch Saskia ist nicht auf ihr dunkles Talent vorbereitet. Und so stößt sie unbeabsichtigt Türen auf, die nie geöffnet werden sollten.

Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his new home. Atalia Abravanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her 40s, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets.

Es könnte sich um eines der wichtigsten Geheimnisse des christlichen Abendlandes handeln: ein kleines, ledergebundenes Notizbuch voller fremdartiger Zeichen...

Der Roman setzt ein im Jerusalem der vierziger Jahre, dem Fluchtpunkt all jener, die den Nationalsozialisten entkamen...

Things are not looking good for Detective Inspector Judas Iscariot. Cursed with immortality by a vengeful and angry God, Judas finds himself in present-day London and head of the secret occult crime division known as the Black Museum at Scotland Yard. It's his job to keep London's mysterious and macabre underworld under control. He's on top of his caseload, and everything seems fine until one morning, a pair of severed angel wings is delivered to the Black Museum, and his world is turned inside out and upside down. Again.

From the moment Tommy Finch's heart stopped beating, his life would never be the same. A successful medical device salesman thriving in a high-pressure corporate world, Tommy had no need for God—until a near-death experience shatters his disbelief and forces him to confront a new reality. As he grapples with the complexities of life, love, and faith, he unwittingly becomes the target of dark forces determined to lead him to “their father’s house below.”

In the shadows of Jacobean London, a conspiracy far deeper than gunpowder and treason unfolds. As Guy Fawkes awaits his fate in the Tower, unseen forces pull at the threads of reality itself. The thirty pieces of silver that enticed the betrayal of Christ now scattered across the globe, each coin a power to destroy. Enter Investigator Thomas Blackwood, John Dee, the Queen's own magician, and Christopher Marlowe, playwright and spy, thrust into a quest that will challenge everything they believe.

An elite scientific military force must combat a plague beyond any cure—a scourge that turns all of nature against mankind in this nail-biting new thriller from James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series. From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific...

Gerusalemme, l’inverno tra la fine del 1959 e l’inizio del 1960. Shemuel Asch decide di rinunciare agli studi universitari – e in particolare alla sua ricerca intitolata Gesù visto dagli ebrei – a causa dell’improvviso dissesto economico che colpisce la sua famiglia e del contemporaneo abbandono da parte della sua ragazza, Yardena. Shemuel è sul punto di lasciare Gerusalemme quando vede un annuncio nella caffetteria dell’università. Vengono offerti alloggio gratis e un modesto stipendio a uno studente di materie umanistiche che sia disposto a tenere compagnia, il pomeriggio, a un anziano disabile di grande cultura.

A priest experiencing a crisis of faith and the married woman to whom he is attracted. A scroll newly discovered near Jerusalem that, if authentic, could open Christianity to a complete reinterpretation. A tragic love affair unfolding in Fascist-dominated Rome during World War II. These are the...

Due to the efforts of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire covers a vast portion of the known world. In the shadow of his grandfather, Hulagu Khan, ruler of the Ilkhanate, is determined to create a single empire that covers the entire world. His method? Violence.

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Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Books of Mortals series brilliantly adapts the life of Judas Iscariot into a dazzling work of fiction—humanizing the man whose very name is synonymous with betrayal. Based on extensive research into the life and times of Judas Iscariot, this...

What motivates a man to betray a friend? And not just a friend but the Son of God? The Bible doesn't answer this question. In fact, it says very little about Judas Isacariot, leaving who he was and what motivated him to our own interpretation. The Autobiography of Judas Iscariot imagines how Judas himself would have told his story from his childhood under Roman occupation to his suicide on a tree outside Jerusalem as Jesus, the one he betrayed, died on another tree for the sins of all mankind.

If you like Rivers of London, The Dresden Files, and the King's Watch series, this is for you. The third full-length instalment in the Black Museum series is a page-turning Urban Fantasy, with the most unlikely hero you can imagine. "This is more than just bloody murder Inspector, this is a race war, with magic on one side and a right evil monster who thinks it's the devil's work on the other." Archibald Strop. Editor. The Newgate Calendar. DCI Judas Iscariot of Scotland Yard's occult magic division, the Black Museum, has only been back in London for five minutes when things get bloody.

Amós Oz é o mais importante escritor israelense da atualidade. Candidato constante ao prêmio Nobel, fez de sua obra uma reflexão profunda sobre o destino do povo judeu. Quais cicatrizes a história turbulenta do país deixou sobre seus habitantes? Que marcas imprime no indivíduo uma vida atravessada pela guerra? Há solução possível para um conflito que remonta a tempos imemoriais?

In the second volume of the Native Tongue trilogy, the time has come for Láadan - the secret language created to resist an oppressive patriarchy - to empower womankind worldwide. To expand the language's reach, female linguists translate the Bible into Láadan and a group of Roman Catholic nuns are tasked to spread the language. But when outraged priests detect their sabotage, they send a double agent to infiltrate and destroy the movement from the inside.

Alex has her hands full with a Freshborn Gabe. His memories are gone, and his squeamish demeanor makes her want to shove him back into the Sulfur Pools. Gabe questions whether he’s better off without his memories when a secret about Alex is uncovered, putting their partnership at risk. As if that weren't complicated enough, Gabe faces an impossible choice. Should he go against Judas’s direct orders and risk losing himself to powers so dark that Heaven and Hell combined cannot stand against them?