The Word (novel) The Word (novel) The Word is a 1972 mystery thriller novel by Irving Wallace, which explores the origin of the New Testament of the Bible. The plot of the novel is based around the discovery within Roman ruins of a new gospel written by Jesus' younger brother, James in the first century. In the gospel, many facts of Jesus' life, including the years not mentioned in the Bible, are revealed not to be as factual as they were once thought to be. Steven Randall, a divorced public relations executive running his own company in New York City, is the man
Coat of many colors Coat of many colors In the Hebrew Bible, the coat of many colors ( "ketonet passim") is the name for the garment that Joseph owned, which was given to him by his father, Jacob. According to the King James Version, Genesis 37:3 reads, "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours." The Septuagint translation of the passage uses the word ("poikilos"), which indicates "many colored"; the Jewish Publication Society of America Version also employs the phrase "coat of many colors". On