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Daughters of the promised land volume 2
Language
English
Description
Outspoken and fearless, Deborah has faith in God but struggles to see the potential her own life holds. As an Israelite woman, she'll marry, have a family, and seek to teach her children about Adonai--and those tasks seem to be more than enough to occupy her time. But God has another plan for her. Israel has been under the near constant terror of Canaan's armies for twenty years, and now God has called Deborah to deliver her people from this oppression....
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English
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"In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, ayoung woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king. Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet's home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah's lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah's...
3) The red tent
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
"Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis. In The Red Tent, Anita Diamant brings this fascinating biblical character to vivid life. Told in Dinah's voice, the novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of Dinah's mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah--the four wives of...
Author
Series
Daughters of the promised land volume 3
Language
English
Description
When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth...
5) Jezebel
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"With a bold voice reminiscent of Madeline Miller's Circe, a stunning reimagining of the story of a fierce princess from Tyre and her infamous legacy Jezebel was born into the world howling. She intends to leave it the same way. When Jezebel learns she can't be a king like her father simply because she's a girl, she vows never to become someone's decorative wife, nameless and lost to history. At fifteen she's married off, despite her protests, to...
6) Noah's ark
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Series
Language
English
Description
Retells in pictures and in rhyme how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment, she's grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife. Vivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in Watergate-era Washington D.C. But one night...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The story of power and treachery, blood and deception, bravery and romance that surrounds the court of Ahasuerus and two of the most celebrated female heroines in all of history"--
Vashti, Queen of Queens, the most beautiful woman in all the empire, defied the king her husband and so lost her crown. Ahasuerus, King of Kings, commanded that the most beautiful maidens be sent to his court so he might choose a new queen. He set the queen's crown upon...
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Christ the Lord volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Offers a fictional account of a period in the life of Jesus Christ, beginning just prior to his baptism in the Jordan River and concluding with the miracle at Cana, as he leaves Nazareth ready to become Israel's liberator from Roman occupation.
Author
Series
Jesus chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Ninety-year-old John, the last surviving apostle, remembers his broken life before befriending Jesus and is called upon to write a gospel that definitively establishes Jesus as the Son of God.
Author
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Language
English
Description
"Can a Canaanite harlot who made her living enticing men be a fitting wife for a leader of Israel? Shockingly, the Bible's answer is yes. This 10th anniversary edition of Pearl in the Sand includes new features that will invite you into the untold story of Rahab's journey from lowly outcast to redeemed child of God. Rahab's home is built into a wall, a wall that fortifies and protects the City of Jericho. However, other walls surround her too, walls...
13) Thief of Corinth
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Language
English
Description
After years spent living with her mother and oppressive grandfather in Athens, Ariadne runs away to her father's home in Corinth, only to discover the perilous secret that destroyed his marriage: though a Greek of high birth, Galenos is the infamous thief who has been robbing the city's corrupt of their ill-gotten gains. Desperate to keep him safe, Ariadne risks her good name, her freedom, and the love of the man she adores to become her father's...
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Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
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This is a compilation of five novellas about the women in the lineage of Jesus Christ-- Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary. Each faced extraordinary, even scandalous, challenges. But they had courage. They lived daring lives. Sometimes they made mistakes-- big mistakes. And yet God used them to bring forth the Christ.
Author
Series
Restoration chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the biblical account of Nehemiah, Jewish cupbearer to the King of Persia, this story tells of the many dangers in his return to Jerusalem and the great opposition his people faced in their efforts to rebuild the city wall"--
19) Return to me
Author
Series
Restoration chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
After years of watching his children and grandchildren wander from their faith, Iddo's prayers are answered: King Cyrus is allowing God's chosen people to return to Jerusalem. Jubilant, he prepares for their departure only to learn that his family, grown comfortable in the pagan culture of Babylon, wants to remain. Zechariah, Iddo's oldest grandson, feels torn between his grandfather's beliefs and his father's life in Babylon. But he soon begins to...
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