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The Butcher of Nazareth Haunting visions drive a grieving butcher to hunt down an obese, pre-ministry Jesus to prevent an age of fire and ash. But when the Butcher ‘adopts’ a dead newborn, his hunt for the son of Nazareth…

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“The New Testament à la Cormac McCarthy.” -Kirkus Reviews

Dave Fitzgerald's review of The Butcher of Nazareth 5/5: I can be a bit like Charlie Brown with the football when it comes to fictional reimaginings of the New Testament. No matter how many times I'm disappointed, it's a conceptual template I continue ...

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Proof of Life.