Zipporah,  Wife of Moses
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I am always interested in these types of stories.  I Loved the book, and the story.  Made me read the other books in the series.
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I count Woman of Flames among the best novels of its genres. In the course of this epic Old Testament journey that the protagonist Deborah takes, the reader is there, every step of the way, laughing, crying, fearful, and awed by events that shape her into a prophet and Judge of the Israelites.

I highly recommend this book for adult and YA readers. Long after the last page of this novel is read, readers will remember the life, sorrows and joys of this woman of the Bible.
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Wonderful quick read.  This storyline has biblical inspiration. Cannot wait until Emmy Lou's book is released,
This author will keep your interest in all of her boojs
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I had a hard time putting the book down as I took part in the early experiences of the Book of Mormon.  I felt and saw through Zoram's eyes as the story unfolds.  I was disappointed when the book ended.  The book is a colorful tapestry of images and emotions skillfully woven be its author.
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This book is about the life of Rahab. Since there is very little about her life in the Old or New Testament, the author has gone to great lengths to flesh out Rahab's life based on the culture at the time she lived. Gave good insights for how women were regarded and the absolutely critical need for a married woman to have sons to be considered worthy. Since she is in the lineage of Jesus Christ we needed to find out how she ended up there. I liked the story line that supported this. A good read with more than just the story of Rahab.
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As a child, Rabbi Firestone loved the synagogue, until she was banished to the women's section by her father as she grew older.  Little did she know, at that time, that the women's section behind the curtain had an unshared wisdom.  In this book, she starts on the path of reclaiming Judaism's submerged female voice.  Like the Jewish Star of David, with one point going up to the heavens and another pointing to the ground, her book reclaims the sufficient wholeness of the sensuous earth and the spiritual in Jewish learning.  In each chapter, she chooses a notable Jewish female, and uses that person's life to explore Jewish thought.  At times the connections are tenuous, but the book works well.  In Chapter 1, we read about Hannah Rachel of Ludomir (1815-1905).  She was a scholar of the Talmud who was odiously pushed down by Jewish leaders and forced to marry.  Yet among the common Jews, she was a healer and counselor.  Using her life as an example, Firestone explores yichud or wholeness and the role of female leadership.  In Chapter 2, Bruriah (2nd Century CE), every Jewish woman's hero, is brought back to life.  In her post Hellenic period, this brilliant female scholar of the Talmud left her male counterparts in awe of her erudition.  But while some know just an inkling about Bruriah, Firestone successfully resurrects the stories of the brothel and the academy to show the role of Eros in Jewish philosophy.  Firestone discusses how women must bring both logic and sensuality, one's holy and erotic sides to both study and life.  In Chapter 3, we are introduced to Malkah of Belz (1780-1850), the wife of the Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Rokeach.  She brought the divine to noble domestic activities and sat with her husband.  Her life is used as a platform for the discussion of kabbalistic branches.  In Chapter 4, Firestone tells the story of Asnat Barzani (17th Century), a leader of Kurdish Jews who became a Rosh Yeshiva in Mosul, who can serve as a role model today.  She would submerge herself in and surrender to a text, rather than just master it.  In Chapter 5, the story Dulcie of Worms, Rhineland (12th Century) is told.  She was murdered at age 26, and her life would have been forgotten had her husband, the Pietist / Kalonymous Rabbi Eleazar, not written her an eloquent eulogy. A young businesswoman, mother, firzogerin, prayer-mentor, and scholar, Dulcie's life is a catalyst for the discussion of Rashi's daughters, and the reclamation of darkness in order to be balanced.  In Chapter 6, you will meet the Yemenite Rabanit Leah Shar-abi of Jerusalem (1919-1978), who exemplified the art of putting one's vision into action, using the kabbalistic branches of creativity, energy, and deployed method. Her life and Psalm 90 are used by Firestone to teach one how to discover purpose.  By Chapter 7, the reader is ready to meet Francesca Sarah, of 16th Century Safed, and for that lesson, you must receive and read the book.
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Mesu Andrews in her new book, Miriam Book Two in the Treasures of the Nile series published by WaterBrook Press brings us into the life of the sister of Moses.

From the Back Cover:  The Hebrews call me prophetess, the Egyptians a seer.
But I am neither. I am simply a watcher of Israel
and the messenger of El Shaddai.
When He speaks to me in dreams, I interpret. When He whispers a melody, I sing.

At eighty-six, Miriam had devoted her entire life to loving El Shaddai and serving His people as both midwife and messenger. Yet when her brother Moses returns to Egypt from exile, he brings a disruptive message. God has a new name  Yahweh  and has declared a radical deliverance for the Israelites.

Miriam and her beloved family face an impossible choice: cling to familiar bondage or embrace uncharted freedom at an unimaginable cost. Even if the Hebrews survive the plagues set to turn the Nile to blood and unleash a maelstrom of frogs and locusts, can they weather the resulting fury of the Pharaoh?

Enter an exotic land where a cruel Pharaoh reigns, pagan priests wield black arts, and the Israelites cry out to a God they only think they know.

Its time to go back to Egypt. Feel the hot, burning sun, have the rough sand under your feet. What the Israelites wear is way different from what the Egyptians wear. And just when you start to feel oppressed by the Egyptians as well Moses returns. But the story of the ten plagues is told through Miriam, the sister of Moses. Not only do we get the story as it unfolds we also get the sense of frustration that Miriam had for her older brother. I have never read a book where Moses is family. I have to admit this was quite interesting.  Ms. Andrews has done a superb account of researching many different sources to give us Miriam and a cast of characters that most of us are probably not aware of. This is a well done adventure that will keep you flipping pages looking for what happens next.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from WaterBrook Press.  I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
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I recommend every woman read this book. It shows how precious a woman is in Gods eyes and is a modern telling of Hosea and Gomer
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Dinah, only daughter of Old Testament Jacob, narrates this story of her mother Leah's meeting her father, Leah's feelings of inferiority towards Rachel, the foolishness of Laban and the growth of her family.  Once Dinah is born, the story switches to her life and in particular, and her relationship with her mothers (father's wives) during their time of month in the Red Tent, her brothers, and even her grandmother Rebecca.  I enjoyed the author's colorful characterizations of these familiar names and the way she made it easy to visualize the arid environment where they lived and traveled.  Though Dinah was only mentioned twice in Genesis, this book does a marvelous job of building a whole personality and story about this woman who endures such terrible hardship but promptly disappears from the pages of history.
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This book is also known as HAGAR THE EGYPTIAN.  Since there wasn't a good explanation of this book on this page, I am adding the following.  Teubal, an independent biblical scholar in her seventies, may be best known for her  development of the Jewish ritual of Simchat Hochmah, Celebrating the Wisdom  of Age, something like a bar/bat mitvah for those who reach their Golden  and Platinum years.  In this scholarly feminist study of the Genesis  stories of Sarah and Hagar, she explores the matriarchal tradition in the  Bible, which may have been covered over by succeeding patriarchal  traditions.  Sarah and Hagar are given an identity other than just being  sleeping partners of Abraham.  She also explores what the female led  religious traditions were.  This may be of interest to those seeking to  create female-led rituals or New Moon ceremonies.  Who was Hagar, the  matriarch for Ishmaelic peoples and Islam?  Was she a slave to Abraham and  Sarah?  Was she an empowered desert figure?  Was she a gift to Sarah from a  Pharaoah from their sojourn in Egypt?  Was she a lady-in-waiting to Sarah,  who was actually a priestess?  What was the custom of surrogate motherhood  in the Ancient Near East?  These are some of the issues explored by Teubal
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I think the author did her research on Egyptian Pharoahs. It leads you back to a time when Pharoahs thought they were gods. It is a look into what life might have been like for the "aristocracy" of the time in Ancient Egypt. This deals especially with the women who also wanted power.
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Mesu brings to life the complex lives of King Solomon and his northern bride Arielah as she experiences the realities of marital relationships and harems in Biblical Israel. All Arielah's ever wanted is to love and be loved by the mighty King Solomon, son of King David and Queen Bathsheba. Heartache like none she's ever experienced mark her journey as she pursues Jehovah's plan for her life. Will her love capture Solomon's heart?

A great read you won't soon forget!
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Excelent analysis of the life of Madame Curie. It was a pleasure to discover and analyze many unknown details of the life of this wonderful woman in times when being a jewish, a woman, a pioneer and a scientist was so difficult. In the author's eyes, the conversation goes about passion, feelings, responsabilities, fights, especially when loosing the husband, the masculine figure around both of them.
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"Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar . . . Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phineas" (Exodus 6:23, 25).

Eleazar, the little-known son of Aaron, comes alive as Miriam's nephew in Miriam by Mesu Andrews. Through Eleazar, readers learn of Aaron's selfishness, Moses' rage, Miriam's insecurity, and Yaweh's greatness.

Andrews has taken the frame of a story given in Exodus 1-15 and filled in the gaps to create an elaborate, relatable tale of the obedience of these scared, seemingly inferior, but willing men and women of God and showed how God used them - despite their humanity and because of the obedience - to emphasize His greatness.

Andrews expertly takes verses from the Bible and writes the well-researched stories behind them - and she adds a couple of love plots to keep the pages turning.

Andrews reveals her readers in her characters, and from this story of Miriam and her family, readers recognize their own selfishness, need for obedience, and incredible worth as a child of the One True God.
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My favorite women in the Scriptures is Ruth which is what motivated me to want to read this book. I love Ruth even more after reading this book and desire the intimacy of relationship both Ruth and Boaz had with Yahweh (Hebrew name for the Lord). I agree with all the other five star reviews on this riveting look at the lives of Ruth and Boaz. I found it hard to put down. Terri Fivash is a gifted and definitely anointed historical fiction writer. Her books are well researched and beautifully written. The historical picture she paints with words as to what life must have been like in Ruth and Boaz's day makes you long for the simple life they lived. Terri's book on the life of Joseph which I read just after this one gave me the same desire to follow the wonderful Elohim that Joseph followed. I highly recommend both books. I would love to see Terri write a book on the life of Esther and also Noah.
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Georgia and Moses.  Their Laws and love for each other.  This is one of the best books that I have read in many years, really worthwhile and enjoyable.
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Such an interesting person. There was lots of things I did know about her. Who knew she wasn't Jewish? Read the book it will hold your interest.