I read a great number of historical books, some of them were great, some - good, but this one I won't be afraid of calling a masterpiece!
Joan Wolf delivers a story of Rahab in a gracious and sophisticated manner. She tells Rahab's love story from another point of view which makes us believe in a true and naive nature of that brave woman.
Amazon.com site gives a brief plot of the book:
"Within one of the Old Testament’s most famous battles lies one of the most tender love stories.
Hidden within the battle of Jericho is the story of Rahab, a beautiful and brave young Canaanite woman who aided the Israelites by hanging a piece of scarlet cord from a window. This act of faith changed her life by placing her in the genealogy of Christ.
Rahab is the youngest daughter of a Canaanite farmer, taken to Jericho for the pagan New Year so her father can find her a wealthy spouse. Sala, the Israelite boy who had once saved her from being kidnapped, is also in Jericho. When the two young people meet again they admit their love for one another, but their different religions make marriage impossible.
Their love story plays out against the background of Jericho’s pagan rites. It is only when the One True God of Israel comes into Rahab’s life—and she realizes what He is calling her to do—that she and Sala can come together.
Witness Rahab as a young woman determined to find her destiny as she follows her heart toward true love . . . and the One True God." (http://www.amazon.com/This-Scarlet-Cord-Story-ebook/dp/B007D1TNMA)
Indeed, not every person, and especially a woman in those ancient ages, when they were highly discriminated, would change his (her) religion in the name of love. Rahab found true love, and true God. And those almighty essences - Love and God, saved not only her, but all her relatives. She truly deserves to be admired by for her immense courage of understanding and admitting only One God who led her through all the hardships.
Sala, her true love, surely noticed her huge difference from all other women he had met in his life. And he was so right by trusting her and leading his nation to the victory.
I read and gave my review of a complimentary copy of This Scarlet Cord. The Love Story of Rahab by Joan Wolf which was provided me by http://www.booksneeze.com.
