Danial Philpott

The First Advent in Palestine

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Like so many Westerners, Kelley Nikondeha experienced Advent brightly--angels, shepherds, a star, then a cozy manger scene. Then, her closer look at the Gospel's' advent narratives, framed by trips to Palestine, her life in eastern Africa, and her discovery of the central drama of what has been dismissed too easily as the "intertestamental period," led her to see brutal empire, economic exploitation and hardship, dirty politics, the suppression of women, and persecution. She does not leave us there, though. It is precisely against this darkness that the light of the Savior that she knew all along shines all the more brightly--and calls us to be a light of peace in our darkness today. Every Christian should read this book every Advent--or at any time of year.”