Women of the Bible: Jael's Story by Ann Burton

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Jael’s Story
By Ann Burton

Jael is one of those Biblical figures that are easy to miss. Her story is told briefly in Judges 14: 17-24:
 

Comments

[the_kestral]

As I continue to stuff the ballot box add to my to be read list, I do have to wonder about the last paragraph of this review. To have gone to the effort of writing the story of Jael but not do a good job of connecting the story with the piece from the Bible that makes Jael worthy of being written about, that puzzles me.

[dazyndara]

It's a pity if the book doesn't explain the motivations of Jael though :(

[book_maven]

I'm glad you've reviewed this as it doesn't sound like one I would be interested in (better to know that then try it and get turned off the whole series). Will you be reviewing the entire series eventually?

[fashion_piranha]

I hope to. I've got the Abigail book floating around somewhere and I'm trying to get the Deborah book. We'll see when those reviews actually get posted, though!

[penmage]

Jael (or Yael, in the Hebrew) is one of my favorite Bible women. It's too bad this book doesn't capture the Yael of my imagination.

[ext_117314]

I'm not sure I want to read this one. Jael's story would be a tough one to approach, as little is known about her except for one ruthless act, but I still am not interested in something that approaches it half-heartedly.