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In a city full of rumor, a young woman listens, watches, and weighs what she hears about Jesus.
Adina comes to Jerusalem with a curious mind and a careful eye. Not yet a follower of Jesus, she writes letters about the city and its people. Talk of a teacher from Galilee draws her attention. In Joseph Holt Ingraham's novel, her observations bring the gospel story close through streets, crowds, feasts, and conversations.
Jerusalem is a Jewish holy city under Roman power, and the teacher's growing influence draws concern. Adina hears parables, sees the sick brought forward, and records how ordinary people respond. Pontius Pilate must keep order, while Caiaphas watches Jesus with unease. Through her letters, the novel explores how people recognize what stands before them—or see only what they expect.
What you’ll discover
- A witness who questions Follow Adina as she weighs rumor against the people and events she encounters.
- Jerusalem close at hand Enter a city of crowded streets, religious feasts, and the pressure of Roman rule.
- Letters close to events Experience the story in personal pieces, each shaped by Adina's watchful first-person account.
- A teacher draws attention See how the novel portrays Jesus through teaching, healing, and the responses of others.
- The question of recognition Consider how expectation shapes what people notice, accept, or fail to understand.
Who will love it
You will love this book if you enjoy biblical storytelling, letters and diaries, and vivid scenes of ancient Jerusalem. It suits readers who like familiar events seen through a warm, close witness.
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- A young woman finds a Temple losing its spirit
- A Roman rescuer and a prophet at the Jordan
- Two young men question the prophet by moonlight
- The house at Bethany and the voice at the river
- Learned men weigh the prophecies and demand proof
- Wonders and rumors gather round the carpenter's son
- The Temple cleared and a ruler comes by night
- Death and mourning in Nain and Bethany
- A kingdom that does not look like a throne
- Letters, witnesses and a city of divided hearts
Who’s who
- AdinaA young Jewish woman from Alexandria who writes the letters, she wants her father to understand what she sees in Jerusalem.
- Rabbi AmosAdina's kindly uncle, a Levite priest, he longs for the true restoration of Israel and opens his house to the new prophet.
- AemiliusA courteous young Roman centurion who protects Adina and keeps asking about the God of Israel.
- LazarusA gentle scribe of Bethany who copies the Law and holds that the Messiah must be a man of sorrows.
- Mary of BethanyLazarus's devoted sister, she loves to sit and listen to the teacher from Nazareth.
- NicodemusA learned and careful Pharisee who wants proof, visits Jesus by night, and is slowly moved.
- CaiaphasThe High Priest, he fears that the prophet will empty the Temple and bring Rome down on the nation.
- Judas IscariotA sly, restless follower who carries the money and hopes for a different kind of Messiah.
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Le Prince de la maison de David
by J. H. Ingraham · 1855
Adina, a young woman newly arrived in Jerusalem, writes to her father as a prophet begins to draw the crowds.
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What would it be like to stand in Jerusalem as a prophet from the wilderness began to shake the city? This book puts you in that scene.
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A young woman finds a Temple losing its spirit
Adina arrives in Jerusalem from Alexandria after a long road through Gaza. She writes at once to her father, as she promised. Her letters make up the whole book, and they carry a daughter's love and a sharp eye.
She stays with Amos, a Levite and a priest. Her first visit to the Temple startles her. The outer court is packed with sellers of doves, lambs and oxen, and the noise drowns out prayer. At dawn a thousand silver trumpets wake the city. Then Roman bugles cut across the evening rite, and Adina weeps.
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Ingraham, Joseph Holt. The Prince of the House of David. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-prince-of-the-house-of-david.
Ingraham, J. H. (2026). The Prince of the house of David. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-prince-of-the-house-of-david (Original work published 1855)
Ingraham, Joseph Holt. The Prince of the House of David. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-prince-of-the-house-of-david.
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What is The Prince of the House of David about?
It is a novel in thirty-nine letters from Adina, a young Jewish woman from Alexandria who lives in Jerusalem. She tells her father what she sees of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth, from the Jordan baptism to forty days after the Resurrection.
Who is Adina in The Prince of the House of David?
Adina is the fictional letter-writer, a young woman from Alexandria staying with her uncle Amos, a priest. She writes to her father in Egypt with warmth and curiosity, and her growing faith gives the book its steady voice.
Is The Prince of the House of David a true story?
It is a work of fiction by J. H. Ingraham, who died in 1860. The main events follow the Gospel accounts, while Adina, her family, and many scenes and details are the author's own creation to bring the setting to life.
The author
Joseph Holt Ingraham
1809–1860 · American novelist
Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809–1860) was an American novelist, teacher, and Episcopal clergyman. He was born in Portland, Maine, and later lived in Mississippi. He wrote The Prince of the House of David, published in 1855. He died in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1860.
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