Joseph Girzone (1930–2015)
Autor(a) de Joshua: A Parable for Today
About the Author
Joseph F. Girzone was born in Albany, New York on May 15, 1930. He received a theology degree from Catholic University of America in 1955 and was ordained a priest that same year. He retired from pastoral work in 1981 at the age of 50 because of health problems. In 1982, he self-published his first mostrar mais novel, Joshua, under the imprint of his own small religious press, Richelieu Court Press. He sold the book through direct contact and word of mouth before it was brought to the attention of an editor at Macmillan. He wrote a total of ten books in the Joshua series which were adapted into the film Abandon. He also founded the Joshua Foundation in 1995. He died from a heart condition on November 29, 2015 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Joseph Girzone
Joshua: The Journey Home : Joshua, Joshua and the Children, Joshua in the Holy Land (1993) 152 exemplares
Jesus, His Life and Teachings: As Recorded by His Friends Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (2000) 96 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Girzone, Joseph
- Nome legal
- Girzone, Joseph Francis
- Outros nomes
- Girzone, Joseph F.
- Data de nascimento
- 1930-05-15
- Data de falecimento
- 2015-11-29
- Localização do túmulo
- Joshua House, Altamont, New York, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Albany, New York, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Albany, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart disease
- Locais de residência
- Albany, New York, USA
Altamont, New York, USA - Educação
- St. Bonaventure University (BS|Biology|1953)
Fordham University
Catholic University (B.Th|1955) - Ocupações
- priest
writer - Organizações
- Roman Catholic Church (ordained 1970)
Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (ordained 1955)
Joshua Mountain Ministries
Joshua Foundation
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- International bestselling author Joseph F. Girzone is the creator of the popular and inspiration Joshua books, an imaginative retelling of the life of Jesus. Fr. Girzone retired from the active priesthood in 1981 and devoted his life to writing about Jesus. In 1995, he established the Joshua Foundation, an organization dedicated to make Jesus better known throughout the world. He passed away in 2015.
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- Obras
- 33
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 6,274
- Popularidade
- #3,909
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 47
- ISBN
- 181
- Línguas
- 4