Can love triumph over treachery? Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her husband away fighting the king's wars, she battles encroaching loneliness--which makes it all too easy to succumb to the advances of King David. Will one night of unbridled passion destroy everything she holds dear? Can she...
Can love triumph over treachery?
Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her husband away fighting the king's wars, she battles encroaching loneliness--which makes it all too easy to succumb to the advances of King David. Will one night of unbridled passion destroy everything she holds dear? Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God forever?
With a historian's sharp eye for detail and a novelist's creative spirit, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the passionate and emotional story of David's most famous--and infamous--wife. You will never read the story of David and Bathsheba the same way again.
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Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her devout husband away fighting the king's wars for many months at a time, discontent and loneliness dog her steps--and make it frighteningly easy to succumb to King David's charm and attention. Though she immediately regrets her involvement with the powerful king, the pieces are set in motion that will destroy everything she holds dear. Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God--and David--forever?
With a historian's sharp eye for detail and a novelist's creative spirit, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the passionate and emotional story of David's most famous--and infamous--wife. Smith uses her gentle hand to draw out the humanity in her characters, allowing readers to see themselves in the three-dimensional lives and minds of people who are often viewed in starkly moralistic terms. You will never read the story of David and Bathsheba in the same way again.
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Can love triumph over treachery? Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her husband away fighting the king's wars, she battles encroaching loneliness--which makes it all too easy to succumb to the advances of King David. Will one night of unbridled passion destroy everything she holds dear? Can she...
Can love triumph over treachery?
Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her husband away fighting the king's wars, she battles encroaching loneliness--which makes it all too easy to succumb to the advances of King David. Will one night of unbridled passion destroy everything she holds dear? Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God forever?
With a historian's sharp eye for detail and a novelist's creative spirit, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the passionate and emotional story of David's most famous--and infamous--wife. You will never read the story of David and Bathsheba the same way again.
*- Publisher*
Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her devout husband away fighting the king's wars for many months at a time, discontent and loneliness dog her steps--and make it frighteningly easy to succumb to King David's charm and attention. Though she immediately regrets her involvement with the powerful king, the pieces are set in motion that will destroy everything she holds dear. Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God--and David--forever?
With a historian's sharp eye for detail and a novelist's creative spirit, Jill Eileen Smith brings to life the passionate and emotional story of David's most famous--and infamous--wife. Smith uses her gentle hand to draw out the humanity in her characters, allowing readers to see themselves in the three-dimensional lives and minds of people who are often viewed in starkly moralistic terms. You will never read the story of David and Bathsheba in the same way again.
Bathsheba (#03 in Wives Of King David Series)$29.99
Koorong code311881
ISBN9780800733223
Pages352
PublisherBaker Book House
Publication date01 March 2011
Dimensions23 x 139 x 215mm
Weight0.84kg
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\\r\\nJill has obviously carried out extensive research and put her whole heart into this series. I did find David's portayal biased to the negative, mainly egocentric, sex based and one dimensional, though, King David can be very hard to understand unless you have read the Torah, which explains his motivation. I also had issues with all three books as the consistent potrayal of the wives always acting with seething hatred towards each other, I found implausible, biased and also, too harsh. Polygamy in the past was acceptable and good for women, if you study it properly. In the modern day is a very hard path which can so substantial emotional damage to women. You cannot take a three thousand year old story and place in modern motivations and contexts. \\r\\n\\r\\nThe prayer at the end of the book was a beautiful touch; the use of the Psalms is intriguing, though inaccurate. \\r\\n\\r\\nI am sorry this is so negative, but as a David fan and someone with a Jewish background, I found Jill's work to be unfair, poorly written and I really could have done without the kiss and tell approach to his private love life, which bordered too close on inappropriate and was of a calibre, I have never read in another Christian book. \\r\\n\\r\\nI sincerely wish these books were off the shelves as anyone who does not study their Bible can be badly influenced by them.
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Bathsheba
I really enjoyed Jill Eileen Smith's fictionalised account of Bathsheba's story. The story opens with Bathsheba's struggle to overcome loneliness and disappointment over not providing an heir for her husband, Uriah. Uriah was one of King David's mighty men who was often away at war, and Bathsheba didn't have children to distract her from missing her absent warrior husband. We journey with Bathsheba as she makes choices that will ultimately have devastating and deadly consequences. \\r\\n\\r\\nWe also gain an insight into both King David and Bathsheba's faith and relationship with God. We meet two people who, despite loving the Lord, are human and flawed like the rest of us. I recommend this book to those looking for a fascinating and insightful Biblical fiction story.
