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a book written with research and insight, following the history of the nation of Israel.
whilst reading this book, i have people popping into my mind, who i would love to give this book to. <
>i am jewish, i studied and accepted yeshua is messiah. <
>kay arthur has a talent, i feel like jeremiah and daniel have been brought alive to me, i feel the application of scriptures in conversations in this book jump off the page and to the heart. <
> the unfolding of events in jewish history , i feel i am sharing with the characters as i read. <
>i cried as i just had not thought deep enough how devastating it was during the times where the romans snatched babies from their mothers. <
>kay arthur has a gift of communicating biblical and historical events, and she has found a way to write for jewish readers, so they can read about their history and heritage , and also read about Yeshua, factually. <
>the book is tactfully written, and i feel purposely written not as a witnessing tool, that is not even neccessary . <
>any one who wants to learn the whole history of israel in a very readable way would love this book, and considering it is a novel, kay arthur has covered so many historical events that it is also a history lesson.you will feel like you are walking the land and walking the life of israel and the plight of the jewish people. <
>miriam fauth.

Very different, new spin on things
Kay Arthur's imagination and writing style created a new spin on the history of the Jewish people and God's covenant with them. She combines fiction with real historical events and trys to portray how the Jewish people would have reacted and their fight for survival. The main character is Sarah who represents Israel as a whole and is allegorically married to God. The book traces Sarah's life from the first exile through both destructions of the Temple all the way through the Holocaust and to the appearance of Messiah ben David. Sarah and her adultery, repentance and chastening is supposed to represent the Nation of Israel as a whole but it does require your imagination as you have to pretend with Kay that Sarah lives through all this, a period of more than 2,000 years. It is hard to combine allegory with real historical events. Kay uses mainly common biblical names for her characters which is confusing because the reader immediately thinks of the Bible personality while the character in the book is someone else. My opinion is she should have gone with the full gamut of Hebrew names in their original language for a more Jewish flavor. Most Christians are completely ignorant of Jewish history and the suffering and only know about the Holocaust so hopefully this book will spark interest in knowing more about history. Kay gives a glimpse into how Christianity persecuted the Jews and why they can't possibly consider Christianity because of the lifestyle of most Christians and what they did in the name of Christ. Christians today again are ignorant of their own bloody condemning heretical anti-jewish church history who decided in the 4th century to change God's laws, His times and seasons. Christians need to know why Jews are so turned off because the only Jesus they have seen portrayed by Christianity is demonstrated in Christians who don't even keep the basics of God's word and who have murdered millions and millions of Jews and thought they were doing God a favor. When the characters in Kay's book are helped by genuine Christians , they are in disbelief because this was so unexpected and hard for them to see and experience a loving Christian who tells them, " a Jew gave his life for me, and I am willing to give my life for a Jew" The book is not meant to be a proselytizing tool to the Jew but to give Christians today insight into the covenant God made with Israel and even though they have been unfaithful, yet He is faithful.( by the way, Y'all have been unfaithful too, not just the Jew but everyone of you and I, myself included) Who God loves, He chastises as a father disciplines his own. The oddest thing about the book however, is the picture on the cover of women that don't look remotely Jewish, actually I think the red-headed woman in the middle resembles Drew Barrymore. : ) If you are not familiar with Jewish history or can't relate to Jewish people this book can really give you an insight into what they have been through and hopefully it will provoke you to do some more research on your own.