Rahab's Story

Ann Burton writes this novel about Rahab, one of the lesser mentioned heroines of the Bible, as it might have happened. Rahab is the daughter of a rugseller, and her mother was a secret Israelite,Jezere. Rahab secretly cherishes her mother's Judaism, that she taught her, together with her little sist......more

I was really surprised at what a great book this was! It wasn't written to make Rahab look like a sweet church lady. She was a real person in the Bible, a prostitute. There were no soft frilly illistrations to describe her life. The author did a great job describing her profession without being too......more

Rahab's step-mother threw her out of the house on trumped up charges and she was forced to go into prostitution for survival. Life is dangerous in Jericho as the priests of Molech kept looking for people to sacrifice to their god. Semites are despised and it was very risky for Rahab to hide the spie......more

This was actually a very fast read and I found it very engaging, but I don't think it quite deserved more than three stars. I don't think the author's rendition was very plausible as the real story of Rahab, but as its own story it was very good.......more