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Bathsheba Bathed in Grace: How 8 Scandalous Women Changed the World
by Carol Cook
Synopsis from Goodreads:
YOU'VE HEARD THEIR STORIES ALL YOUR LIFE BUT DO YOU REALLY KNOW THE BIBLE'S "REBEL" WOMEN?
Adultery, lies, deception, scandal, murder, cover-up, heartache, pain, and loss--stories with these sordid elements are relevant today. And women with shady pasts--labeled, shamed, and linked with tragedies--are part of our heritage. Bathsheba, a victim or temptress, Eve outside of Eden, Tamar posed as a prostitute, Leah stole her sister Rachel's fiance...Sarah gave Hagar to her husband and Rebekah masterminds a grave deception.
Adultery, lies, deception, scandal, murder, cover-up, heartache, pain, and loss--stories with these sordid elements are relevant today. And women with shady pasts--labeled, shamed, and linked with tragedies--are part of our heritage. Bathsheba, a victim or temptress, Eve outside of Eden, Tamar posed as a prostitute, Leah stole her sister Rachel's fiance...Sarah gave Hagar to her husband and Rebekah masterminds a grave deception.
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Review
Bathsheba
Bathed in Grace: How 8 Scandalous Women Changed the World by Carol Cook is
a compilation of eight retellings of the lives of women in the Bible. In order,
they are Bathsheba, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Tamar, and Eve. Each
of those women has a tale that is less than perfect, making readers wonder
about them. These tales portray the women as flawed and misunderstood but
redeemed by God’s grace.
Personally, when I read those stories from the
Bible, I tend to want to think of the ladies, especially women like Bathsheba,
as flawed or taken advantage of, not evil. That is the way these stories are
told. Carol Cook looks at these women’s lives and writes how they were redeemed
by God’s grace and shows how relatable they are to the contemporary world, even
though they lived in a different time and culture.
Each of the women’s stories took up a separate
chapter in the book. They were told mostly by narration with a little bit of
dialogue. There were some points in the stories that I wish the author had
expanded on a little bit, but overall, Carol Cook wrote their tales very well
as short stories.
I recommend this book to those who enjoy Biblical
fiction and short stories.
I received a free copy of this book from Book Look
Bloggers in exchange for an honest review.
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