Come and join the Tampa Bay Business Guild on March 9th, 2010 for our monthly dinner meeting with the Miguel Santana author of The Marien Revelation, which will be released on April 2nd, 2010.  The monthly meeing is open to members and non-members. Reservations are suggested.

The Marien Revelation is not primarily Jesus' story. It is rather the story of two women separated by two thousand years. Marien Valbuena is an academic, nearing 40, on the cusp of a break - with her husband, her church, her university, her pregnancy, and possibly with her self.

The parallel story is the one we think we know: a teenaged girl named Mary, living in the Middle East of two millennia ago, pregnant out of wedlock, a girl who raises a son who is worshipped by some, condemned by others, a son who is persecuted and resurrected. Santana's writing recalls the sensual lyricism of older translations of the Old Testament. The ripeness and flow of his language recalls an earlier Bible filled with poetry, with richness that is absent in most of the crisp, sanitized, modern translations. He weaves ancient texts, both canonical and apocryphal into the story, as description and as dialog.

This is a special meeting not to be missed!  Click here for more information about the Business Guild

Location:
Howard Johnson Plaza Tampa-Downtown
111 W Fortune St
Tampa, FL 33602

(813) 223-1351