Love Amid the Ashes
March 24th, 2011. Filed under: This & That.
How Could Job Explain to His Wife That The Life They Once Knew Was Gone?
“No, not my children! El Shaddai, Al-Uzza, by the gods, not my babies!”
“Come, wife,” said Job with a sudden and unexplained calm. “Only one God can help us.”
Drawing characters directly from the Bible and others from historical texts, Mesu Andrews, author of Love Amid the Ashes (ISBN: 978-0-8007-3407-7, March 2011, $14.99) weaves new threads into Job’s story, creating a novel that breathes new life into an ancient tale of suffering and redemption. Andrews began her research at Multnomah University and expanded her studies to include rabbinic traditions, giving readers of Love Amid the Ashes a unique understanding of Hebrew customs during Biblical times.
Most imagine Job sitting on the ash heap, his life in shambles. But how did he get there? What was Job’s life like before tragedy struck? What did he think as his world came crashing down around him? And what was life like after God restored his wealth, health, and family?
Andrews tells the story through the eyes of the women in Job’s life. Drawing together the account of Job with those of Esau’s tribe and Jacob’s daughter Dinah, Love Amid the Ashes breathes life, romance, and passion into the classic biblical story of suffering and steadfast faith.
ISLAND BREEZES
An interesting title for a book about a very interesting woman. I’ve never really thought much about the women in Job’s life. We’ve pretty much been taught to focus on Job, so this book really grabbed me.
This book tells Job’s story through the participants in his life. There are some fictional characters in this book, but most are found in the Bible. Too show my ignorance, I some how never picked up on the fact that Jacob had a daughter. We all know about the twelve sons, but did you know about the daughter?
After you really get into this book, you will understand the title. Love actually can bloom in ashes.
***Thanks to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy***
Mesu Andrews is an active speaker who has devoted herself to passionate and intense study of Scripture. Harnessing her deep understanding and love for God’s Word, Andrews brings the biblical world alive for her readers in this debut novel. She lives in Washington.
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