
Huldah
The Prophet Who Wrote Hebrew Scripture
Preston Kavanagh(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 5. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
222 pages
978-1-61097-195-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book reveals--for the first time ever--the extraordinary impact of Huldah the prophet on our Bible.
She was both a leader of exilic Jews and a principal author of Hebrew Scripture. She penned the Shema: the ardent, prayerful praise that millions of worshipers repeat twice daily. Moreover, Jesus quoted as his own last words the ones that Huldah had written centuries before--""Into your hand I commit my spirit."" Huldah was an extraordinary writer--arguably she ranks among the best in Hebrew Scripture. As such, she added to God's Word a feminine aspect that has inspired numberless believers--men and women alike.
This book's new techniques reveal that though subjected to extreme verbal abuse, Huldah surmounted her era's high barriers to women. As elder, queen mother, and war leader during the sixth century BCE, she helped shape Israel's history. And what, then, can this book mean to scholars--both women and men? Feminists need a rallying point and a heroine, and Huldah makes a superb one. In years ahead, experts might well place Huldah alongside the very greatest women of antiquity; indeed, they may even conclude that she is among the most influential people in human history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
329 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61097-195-9 (9781610971959)
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Person
Preston Kavanagh chose early retirement from a senior executive position in a Fortune 500 company to pursue biblical studies. He is the author of Secrets of the Jewish Exile.