About
Christos Rodoulla Tsiailis was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, in 1974. He has obtained a B.A degree in English Literature and Linguistics and also participated in many writing workshops and writers’ retreats, either for acquiring new writing techniques, or as an organizer. He is also involved in script writing. He has written novels, short stories, collections of poetry and theatrical plays, both in English and Greek, many of which have been uploaded on internet literary websites or published in newspapers and literary magazines. He is the owner of a Tutorial Centre, where he teaches English. Always on the bulk, he is also a devoted Marathon and Triathlon athlete, having completed numerous Marathon and Triathlon races internationally. He currently lives in Nicosia, Cyprus. You may contact him and read some more of his work, both in English and Greek, on his website www.jigsawfiction.com to read about his book ‘Throwing Dice on A Chessboard’ or in his blog www.tsiailisworld.blogspot.com
Love Triangles: Discovering Jesus the Jew in Today's Israel
Description
<p>A Jewish woman’s unconventional quest to find Jesus in modern Israel<br /><br />With candor and an intimate knowledge of the Land and its people, Bobbie Ann Cole takes you on some intriguing time travel, such as to the ceremonial slaughtering of Passover lambs in the nearby temple as Jesus died on the cross.<br />Her moving and compellingly-written personal story of making Aliyah to Israel with her husband, Butch effectively interweaves Israel’s ancient and modern history with biblical references. She reveals the challenges that have faced Jewish believers from Peter and Paul on down to the present day, including her own. The underlying antagonism of her beloved Israel towards Messianic Jews leaves her sneaking around, keeping her true identity secret.<br />A blend of memoir, travelogue, historical document and investigative journalism, Love Triangles<br />is not about theological principals; it's about love.<br />Discover:<br />• How Jesus used Jewish festivals to underscore His message.<br />• The story of Jesus’ Bar Mitzvah.<br />• Why Jewish atheists may move to Israel but not believer Jews.<br />• Why Judaism rejects Jesus as Messiah.</p>
Story Behind The Book
Some of these stories were given to me by friends, but have all been changed to a degree of being unrecognisable. An author friend of mine indeed lost a flirt within a few hours after rejecting him. That has been her secret until she shared with me... Of what she could not express, I made out a whole story. And as for the last story, I had a fig tree in my back yard, spend most of my adolecence there. Thank God I never found candy stuck up there... imagine if I had?
Reviews
The stories here are crafted, honest, raw in places, and draw the reader into the universe of a fine young Cypriot writer's experience and imagination. (Pr. Spurgeon Thompson)
