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Written by Roberta Kells Dorr
Review by Marie Burton

In this biblical novel featuring the first patriarch and matriarch, Abraham and Sarah, the author glazes over the accepted storyline in Genesis but fills in the blanks with skillful storytelling. Beginning with Abram’s family, with Sarai as his half-sister, we follow the events in their lives as they marry and travel throughout the Holy Land.

With a supporting cast of characters such as Lot, his wife Mara, and Hagar the Egyptian, who becomes the mother of Abraham’s son Ishmael, readers of the Bible will appreciate the novelization as it adds more context to the actual events depicted in Genesis. The best features of this story are the characters as Dorr has portrayed them: selfish, envious, and flawed. Hope and redemption come along later, but the dramatic events beforehand will help readers appreciate the plight of our religious ancestors.

Readers looking for an obvious connection to God will be disappointed in the first half, as it takes a while for Abraham’s destiny to develop. Dorr examines the beliefs of various gods vs. Abraham’s God, the Elohim, who starts to take shape in the latter half. The author portrays her biblical knowledge well in all her novels, and this is no exception. The

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Zipporah, Wife of Moses

Written by Marek Halter
Review by India Edghill

A foundling adopted by Jethro, High Priest of Midian, Zipporah is intelligent, beautiful, and black. Although she’s Jethro’s favorite daughter, Zipporah knows her black skin means she is undesirable as a wife in his tribe. Her dreams of a husband and children seem unattainable until a stranger named Moses wanders into her life. Moses is fleeing the wrath of Pharaoh and his own inner demons; he finds love and comfort in Zipporah’s arms, and she urges him to return to Egypt to free his enslaved people. When God speaks to Moses from a burning bush, it is Zipporah who ensures Moses does God’s bidding and returns to Egypt to fulfill his destiny.

Since I have a huge problem with this book that has nothing to do with its historical accuracy, I won’t do more than mention the unlikelihood of a woman being allowed to have two children by a man she refuses to marry until he confronts Pharaoh, or that the Egyptian army wasn’t equipped with iron swords at this time.

As those who’ve read my own books know, I’m not usually apt to complain that someone changed what was in the Bible to suit their novel. I’ve done it myself. But in this case, I must comment on the change Halter chose to make – making Zipporah