175 years after Moses led the Children of Israel out of Egypt , Devorah, a prophet, became the first and only female Judge to rule ancient Israel
Surrounded
by pagan Canaanites practicing ritual sex and human sacrifice, Devorah must
find ways to maintain the Hebrews’ belief in the One God and overcome the
Canaanites’ overwhelming military supremacy.
Devorah
walks a tightrope between her personal view of the One God as a present, loving
force and the prevailing view of God as a distant, punishing power. She calls
the fearsome God of the temple and formal worship, the God of the Scrolls; and
the benign, loving and accessible God, the God of the Covenant.
Devorah’s
story is the first in Steve Liebowitz’ soon to be released The
Covenant and The Scrolls series of novels based on these conflicting views
of God and its influence on the lives of Kings Saul, David, Solomon and other
Old Testament characters.
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