This book was a retelling of
Rahab the Canaanite prostitute in the Bible.
Basically, Rahab protects the men from the Hebrew nation who come to spy
in the city of Jericho before the ensuing battle. She does this against her country in faith of
the one true God. God honors her by
allowing her to be an ancestor of Jesus Christ.
I have a particular interest in
seeing the stories in the Bible brought to life through various author’s eyes
in their fictional retelling. I love
looking for stories that stay true to the heart of what can be found in the
Bible, while adding detail that moves one emotionally. Rahab is a difficult
tale to tell because of how little information is given in the Bible;
therefore, I have respect for the author for building such a rich story with
historically accurate details. However,
the story feels more like a modern romance with a complicated storyline of
coincidences. It feels as if the Bible account was stretched to fit her imaging
of what could have happened instead of keeping it simplistic and changing her
story to fit what the Bible has. The power
of the forgiveness of sin is overlooked by the way she explains how Rahab is a “prostitute,”
which did not sit well with me. Otherwise, it is a very cute romance novel even
without being connected to the Bible.
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