02075cam a2200445 i 4500 336857754 TxAuBib 20180117120000.0 170822s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017036156 9780764219337 0764219332 9780764231476 0764231472 (OCoLC)987796720 TxAuBib rda Hunt, Angela Elwell, 1957- Judah's wife : a novel of the Maccabees / Angela Hunt. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2018] ℗2018. 380 pages : map ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier silent years, The Includes discussion questions (pages 377-378.) Sequel to: Egypt's sister. Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-380.) Seeking peace and safety after a hard childhood, Leah marries Judah, a strong and gentle man, and for the first time in her life believes she can rest easily. But the land is ruled by Antiochus IV, and when he issues a decree that all Jews are to conform to Syrian laws upon pain of death, devout Jews risk everything to follow the law of Moses. Judah's father resists the decree, and is cost him his life. But before dying, he commands his son to pick up his sword and continue the fight--or bear responsibility for the obliteration of the land of Judah. What kind of God would destroy the peace Leah has sought for so long? 20180117. Leah (Biblical matriarch) Fiction. Maccabees Fiction. Marriage Fiction. Syria History 333 B.C.-634 A.D Fiction. Religious fiction. Historical fiction. Christian fiction. The silent years. TXTLL