Lois T. Henderson is an American author of

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

novels, many of which are dramatizations of

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narratives about women.

Selected publications

Fiction

*''The Holy Experiment: a Novel About the Harmonist Society'' (1974) *''Hagar: a Novel (1978)''. About the slave girl who bore Abraham's son. This work was a finalist for the

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of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. *''Lydia: a Novel'' (1979). About the seller of purple who was Paul's first Christian convert in Europe. * ''The Blessing Deer'' (1980). *''Abigail: a Novel'' (1980). About the second wife of

King David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

*''Ruth: a Novel'' (1981). About the woman from

Moab Moab ''Mōáb''; Assyrian: 𒈬𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 ''Mu'abâ'', 𒈠𒀪𒁀𒀀𒀀 ''Ma'bâ'', 𒈠𒀪𒀊 ''Ma'ab''; Egyptian: 𓈗𓇋𓃀𓅱𓈉 ''Mū'ībū'', name=, group= () is the name of an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territo ...

who eventually became the wife of Boaz, a relative of

. * ''A Candle in the Dark'' (1982). *''Miriam: a Novel'' (1983). *''Touch of the Golden Scepter'' (1983). *''Her Contrary Heart'' (1984). *''Priscilla and Aquila: A Novel'' ith Harold Ivan Smith(1985).

Nonfiction

*''The Opening Doors: My Child's First Eight Years Without Sight'' (1954). *''Do You Believe in Miracles'' (1965). *''Another Way of Seeing'' (1982).

Translated into German own actual book

*''Die Purpur-Händlerin von Philippi'' (Lydia) ranslator: KH Neumann (1985) Leuchter Verlag eG - D-6106 Erzhausen *''Von Moab nach Bethlehem" (Ruth) estell Nr. 20 097 vom Leuchter Verlag eG

References

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