WOMEN'S PROMINENCE, WOMEN'S FEMININITY IN BIBLICAL TIMES AND IN OURS
THE TRIUMPH OF DEBORAH
by
Eva
Etzioni-Halevy
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE TRIUMPH OF DEBORAH
"This novel will be devoured by lovers of historical fiction and
romance alike."
Library Journal, February, 2008.
The book, published by Plume/Penguin, is about to be released on
February 26th, but can be preordered nowthe .
The novel brings to life the riveting tale of one of the most beloved
biblical figures: the revered leader, judge and prophetess Deborah.
In ancient Israel, war is looming. Deborah has coerced warrior Barak
into launching a strike against the neighboring Canaanites, who
threaten their people with destruction. Against all odds he succeeds,
returning triumphantly with two daughters of the Canaanite King as
his captives. But military victory is only the beginning of the
turmoil, as a complex love triangle develops between Barak and the
two princesses.
Deborah, recently cast off by her husband, develops a surprising
affinity for Barak. Yet she struggles to rebuild her existence on her
own terms, while also groping her way toward the greatest triumph of
her life: the attainment of peace.
Based on the book of JUDGES, and filled with brilliantly vivid
historical detail, the novel shows that in her own life Deborah was
very much a woman, and that her femininity did not detract from her
stature as national leader. Thereby it pays tribute to Deborah's
feminine strength and independence from which present day women,
seeking to build lives of their own and assert themselves in whatever
they choose to do so, may derive inspiration.
THE TRIUMPH OF DEBORAH is biblical but also topical: it describes a
prominent woman leader who led her people to war but also to peace.
Hence it should be of special relevance in an American presidential
election year in which a female candidate is a front runner, and also
on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of Israel, where female
leadership is gaining strength, a year in which the topic of female
leadership in time of war and peace will be most prominent on both
countries' agendas.
Paperback. [ISBN] 0452289068
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