THE EMPEROR'S PHYSICIAN

by J. R. Perkins ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 15, 1944

Following so close on the heels of The Brother (see page 302), this is interesting in its approach to the Gospel story from yet another angle, -- that of two physicians, investigating for the emperor the disease -- ridden state of Palestine. So here is the story of Jesus, miracle healer, and of two scientists, one half-jew and more willing than his fellow to recognise the role of faith and prayer in cures; the other sceptical, bitter in his reluctance to accept the evidence of his senses while hi mind denied. The story is told against the background of a period torn by political dissension, factional strife, social disintegration; there is a certain amount of rationalization of fact and fancy; there is a touch of romance is the growing love of the emperor's physician for Mary called the Magnisms. And -- at the close --just before the Crucifixion -- he intervenes to try to save Jesus and his followers, is wounded, and, at the point of death, is healed ""through the faith of his friends"" at the hand of Jesus. The author is a Congregational minister. The story is sincerely and devoutly experienced and recounted; its chief challenge lien in the conflict between science and faith.

Pub Date: June 15, 1944

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Bobbs -- Merrill

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1944

Categories: FICTION