Download or read book Princess Tamar s Tears written by Norma Evans Barber and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Faces series is an attempt to paint as honestly as possible the faces of characters we read about in the Bible so that readers can identify and relate to the naked, common-life truths that these characters present and hold to the promises that each story or event offers to us as we seek to know and walk with God. Walking through the Bible, an adult Sunday School class enters 11 Samuel 13, a dark room where a princess is found weeping. She has been sexually abused by her half brother while her family members conspire a cover-up. Her own brother, her mothers son, secretly vows revenge on the aggressor as well as on his father, King David. The succeeding chaos multiplies, and Tamar, the victim, sticks her face out of the closet to tell the pain of it all, only to find that her story holds relevant connections to a number of class members and, in fact, to many readers in the contemporary world.

Download or read book God of Our Silent Tears written by David Augustin Hodge, Sr. and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Demetria Hadad Percy s masque written by James Abraham Hillhouse and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dramas Discourses and Other Pieces written by James Abraham Hillhouse and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cyclopaedia of American Literature written by Evert Augustus Duyckinck and published by New York : C. Scribner. This book was released on 1856 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book King David s Daughters written by Bridgett Nesbit and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful beauty, Tamar's flowing hair, her vivacious figure and the exhaust of her smile rendered men speechless. As a princess, the daughter of King David, she would eventually marry a prince from a neighboring kingdom but fate would not be so kind. Tamar's vibrant beauty would not serve as an attribute when a twisted affection would threaten to strip her of her integrity. Incest crept into the palace, the gorgeous princess would not have to worry about anyone outside the castle, and instead she would have to contend with the manipulation of her half brother Amnon's stern hand gripping her thigh, stealing her virtue, her dignity and her proper place in the future. Tamar's need to hide owns kinship with others and opens the door for dialogue, many have wore her tear soaked rob, whether in a public housing unit or in a beautiful house on the hill. Wounded women sometimes weep without making a sound. Expensive suits and fancy cars cannot compete with personal peace; a husband will not hide the inner hurt form a life of despair and little girls without strong father figures look for love in all the wrong places regardless of their income. In a torn and tear soaked robe Tamar would beg Amnon to redeem her because in her time, when Biblical principals restricted women's expression and their lives, she was considered unclean. In her eyes she was now damaged goods and Tamar's seemingly leprous condition rendered her into a helpless self seclusion. Should would hide away, negating her own dreams to transpire into weakness. Her voice would become muffled with pain and in her brother Absalom's home is where she undertook a lifetime of silence and refuge. All through time God's beautiful princesses have been wounded, touched in secret, internally violated and they too have laid down their power and their tiaras. In our society there are many socially outward rush home to sink into a bleak depression which fogs their beauty from themselves, and they view their disguise of hurt as the mirror image of ugly. Unclean, damaged goods or hid away I'm sure are the type of gossip that floated through the castle about Tamar. And like others Tamar's faith fell in her situation, no one could tell her that their was a man like no other who could heal all her broken places, restore the vibrancy of her previous laughter so that she would remember the pain only as a testimony. This scripture based journal allows you to be ministered to through the word of God and find your worth. To discover the princess and not a plight of pain.

Download or read book Dramas Discourses and Other Pieces written by James Abraham Hillhouse and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.

Download or read book Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible written by Amy Kalmanofsky and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fathers, sons, and mothers take center stage in the Bibles grand narratives, Amy Kalmanofsky observes. Sisters and sisterhood receive less attention in scholarship but, she argues, play an important role in narratives, revealing anxieties related to desire, agency, and solidarity among women playing out (and playing against) their roles in a patrilineal society. Most often, she shows, sisters are destabilizing figures in narratives about family crisis, where property, patrimony, and the resilience of community boundaries are at risk. Kalmanofsky demonstrates that the particular role of sisters had important narrative effects, revealing previously underappreciated dynamics in Israelite society.

Download or read book Rape Culture Purity Culture and Coercive Control in Teen Girl Bibles written by Caroline Blyth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, Caroline Blyth takes a close look at Bibles marketed to teen girls and asks how these might perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes that lie at the heart of rape culture. The author considers the devotionals, commentaries, and advice sections placed throughout these Bibles, which offer teen girl readers life advice on topics such as friendships, body image, and how to navigate romantic relationships. Within these discussions, there is a strong emphasis on modesty, purity, and sexual passivity as markers of young women’s ‘godliness’. Yet, as the author argues, these gendered ideals are prescribed to readers using rape-supportive discourses and the tactics of coercive control. Moreover, the placement of these various editorial inserts within the pages of sacred scripture gives them considerable power to reinforce deeply harmful ideologies about gender, sexuality, and sexual violence. Given the seeming popularity of these Bibles among Christian teen girls, the need to dismantle their damaging rhetoric is especially urgent. This book will be of particular interest to those studying the Bible, religion, gender, and theology, as well as the general reader.

Download or read book Wom b an A Cultural Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives written by Janice P. De-Whyte and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wom(b)an: A Cultural-Narrative Reading of the Hebrew Bible Barrenness Narratives Janice Pearl Ewurama De-Whyte offers a reading of the Hebrew Bible barrenness narratives. The original word “wom(b)an” visually underscores the centrality of a productive womb to female identity in the ANE and Hebrew contexts. Conversely, barrenness was the ultimate tragedy and shame of a woman. Utilizing Akan cultural custom as a lens through which to read the Hebrew barrenness tradition, De-Whyte uncovers another kind of barrenness within these narratives. Her term “social barrenness” depicts the various situations of childlessness that are generally unrecognized in western cultures due to the western biomedical definitions of infertility. Whether biological or social, barrenness was perceived to be the greatest threat to a woman’s identity and security as well as the continuity of the lineage. Wom(b)an examines these narratives in light of the cultural meanings of barrenness within traditional cultures, ancient and present.

Download or read book Their Stories Our Stories written by Rose Kam and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Eve, "Woman of the Dawn", and Sarah, "Princess of the Promise", to Mary Magdalene, "Apostle to the Apostles", the women of the Bible struggled with the inequalities of a patriarchal world. Their Stories/Our Stories offers insight and inspiration to women "who refuse to be driven from our spiritual homes".

Download or read book Elvangar Forgotten Legacy 6 written by Richard S. Tuttle and published by KBS Publishing. This book was released on 2004-02-28 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago when Angragar was the shining light of the human world, elves and humans were allies and trading partners, but that was centuries ago. When the elves ended their siege of the ancient human city, they enshrouded it in an impenetrable jungle and left caretakers to hide it from prying eyes. Now Angragar has awakened, and elves have appeared among the humans. After escaping from the Island of Darkness, the elves, Eltor and Caldal, seek to sail to Elvangar. They need the help of the humans to return to their homeland, but they refuse to divulge its location. The human emperor, Marak, needs the elves to ally with him against the coming evil and strikes a bargain with the elves. Deliver his offer to the queen of the elves and Eltor and Caldal can have a ship to return home.

Download or read book The Book of Tamar written by Nel Havas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now seen through the eyes of the young woman who became the unwilling catalyst to cruel events - incest, murder, and war, this is the controversial retelling of the epic of Absalom. Tamar, daughter of the famous King David, is raped by her half-brother. Although angered, David does nothing. Tamar's full-brother Absalom is outraged over the crime and the King's inaction. Absalom and his mother Makha plot revenge. While this turmoil unfolds, Bathsheba (David's most favored wife) quietly maneuvers to have her son Solomon inherit the throne, bypassing Absalom and the older brothers. Tamar loves her family above all others and is horrified to see her family's quarrel escalate out of control. She bravely struggles to prevent the clash from degenerating into civil war and undertakes a remarkable journey on foot to find the King. Her companion Hana accompanies her, disguised as a warrior to protect Tamar. But she cannot prevent the tragic denouement. As her world crumbles about her, Tamar keeps focus and has personal triumph in the end. After three thousand years, Tamar tells the story in her own words. The novel is an interesting study of two charismatic leaders who were themselves very flawed personalities, about the anguish within a family that was torn apart by their clash, and about a mother and daughter, whose love for each other is strained by their differing loyalties.

Download or read book The Darker Side of Samuel Saul and David written by G. D. Vreeland and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now the sequel! Here we watch David become king over Israel. But the table is set for a rather unappetizing meal where brutality, intrigue and questionable morality and ethics are served. We see the turning point and the decline of David's power and possibly his virtue. Like so many in biblical narrative, he does not end well. Leaders take warning: integrity matters. How we respond to God's rules of engagement and how we treat others - especially the disenfranchised - will determine the difference between greatness and mediocrity and how our lives will be evaluated. As with the previous volume, this book can be utilized as a commentary and an aid to the student of Second Samuel, or each section can be read and reflected upon in isolation. I will continue my efforts to be personable but professional, playful but pointed, impassioned at times but always thought provoking. Dr. Vreeland received his Ph.D. from Trinity International University in Theological Studies (Old Testament) in 1994. He served for four academic years at the Nairobi International School of Theology. He then joined the faculty of Northwest Baptist Seminary (Tacoma, Washington) and has concluded eight years there (July '08) as Associate Professor of Semitic Languages and Biblical Literature. He teaches Hebrew, Aramaic and English Bible and related topics. So far as the Church is concerned, his love is serious biblical study as related to integrity and leadership - hence this work on Second Samuel and its prequel on First Samuel. Dr. Vreeland has been married for 27 years to the love of his life, Donna - who is still the finest English Bible scholar on the planet and to whom this volume is gratefully dedicated. They have three grown children.

Download or read book Story of King David written by David M. Gunn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1978-08-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gunn sets out his aim in this book to foster a fresh understanding of the narrative about David in 2 Samuel and 1 Kings, commonly known as the 'Succession Narrative,' by arguing for its fuller appreciation of its nature as a story. Gunn reviews the different hypotheses on the genre of the so-called Court History/Succession Narrative and concludes that the purpose of this story is to entertain. The work is to be considered primarily artistic and literary, and the rhetorical devices in the story are reliant on traditional motifs and devices.

Download or read book The Adventures of the Three Amigos Club and Grandma s Mystical Bible written by Denny Carnell and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about three young people who are friends and have established a club called the Three Amigos. These young people are neighbors who have an intimate relationship with each other as their parents are good friends who also grew up together. Terry is the main character. Terry's grandmother now lives with them since his grandfather passed away. Terry's grandmother is on vacation at one of his aunt's house. One day as Terry passes his grandmother's room, he notices a light shining under his grandmother’s bed. He gets his friends who were downstairs playing video games to come upstairs with him to investigate the light in his grandmother’s room. As they nudge each other to go in her room they finally went in the forbidden room (because his grandmother did not give them permission.) They discovered that it was his grandmother’s bible which gave off the light. Being afraid that his mother would come and discover that they were in his grandmother’s room Terry pulled the blanket off of the bed over them, pulled the bible out from under the bed as it was shaking and opened the bible. They were then sucked into the bible and off to a bible adventure. They experience a bible adventure every time they open the bible.

Download or read book Rejected Princesses written by Jason Porath and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make history. Good thing these women are far from well behaved . . . Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses turns the ubiquitous "pretty pink princess" stereotype portrayed in movies, and on endless toys, books, and tutus on its head, paying homage instead to an awesome collection of strong, fierce, and yes, sometimes weird, women: warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and more who refused to behave and meekly accept their place. An entertaining mix of biography, imagery, and humor written in a fresh, young, and riotous voice, this thoroughly researched exploration salutes these awesome women drawn from both historical and fantastical realms, including real life, literature, mythology, and folklore. Each profile features an eye-catching image of both heroic and villainous women in command from across history and around the world, from a princess-cum-pirate in fifth century Denmark, to a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston, to a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess, and a former prostitute who commanded a fleet of more than 70,000 men on China’s seas.