Synopsis: This book reveals--for the first time ever--the
extraordinary impact of Huldah the prophet on our Bible. She was
both a leader of exilic Jews and a principal author of Hebrew
Scripture. She penned the Shema: the ardent, prayerful praise that
millions of worshipers repeat twice daily. Moreover, Jesus quoted
as his own last words the ones that Huldah had written centuries
before--"Into your hand I commit my spirit." Huldah was an
extraordinary writer--arguably she ranks among the best in Hebrew
Scripture. As such, she added to God's Word a feminine aspect that
has inspired numberless believers--men and women alike. This book's
new techniques reveal that though subjected to extreme verbal
abuse, Huldah surmounted her era's high barriers to women. As
elder, queen mother, and war leader during the sixth century BCE,
she helped shape Israel's history. And what, then, can this book
mean to scholars--both women and men? Feminists need a rallying
point and a heroine, and Huldah makes a superb one. In years ahead,
experts might well place Huldah alongside the very greatest women
of antiquity; indeed, they may even conclude that she is among the
most influential people in human history. Endorsements: "Kavanagh's
latest book is another fascinating and creative recasting of
biblical narratives. His writing is precise and lucid and his
analyses are unlike anyone else's, combining biblical scholarship,
mathematical statistics, and a deep reading of Jewish canonical and
literary sources, including esoteric material. Provocative and
richly documented, Huldah will be well received by anyone who has
followed Kavanagh's previous research and writing." --Jeff Levin,
University Professor and Director of the Program on Religion and
Population Health, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion Author
Biography: Preston Kavanagh holds degrees from Princeton and
Harvard. He retired twenty-five years ago from an executive
position in a large company to seek the identities of those who
wrote the Hebrew Bible. Huldah discusses what he has found, as do
several prior books--Secrets of the Jewish Exile (2005), The Exilic
Code (Pickwick Publications, 2009), and The Shaphan Group (Pickwick
Publications, 2011). He and his wife, Lois, live quietly in
Maryland.
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