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This Scarlet Cord: The Love Story Of Rahab (2012)

by Joan Wolf(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1595548777 (ISBN13: 9781595548771)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Thomas Nelson

review 1: This was a good read. I do like Francine Rivers account of this story ("Unashamed") a bit more than this one... However, Joan Wolf did a great job of creatively weaving together bits of Truth with this fiction adventure. The characters in "The Scarlet Cord" are well developed and realistic. Joan Wolf did a great job weaving all kinds of historical culture and facts into this story while at the same time keeping the story adventurous and entertaining.
review 2: Many people have heard of Rahab. She is a woman listed in the genealogy of Jesus who was not born an Israelite but adopted their ways. Not much is known about her, but Joan Wolf tries to give a unique picture of this mysterious woman in The Scarlet Cord.What do we know from the Bible about Rahab? She li... moreved in Jericho. She was called a harlot. She took in Israelite spies and protected them. She helped the spies escape. She hung a scarlet cord outside her window. Her family lived through the destruction of Jericho. She married Salmon. She was an ancestor of Jesus. Anything beyond that is material for a fiction writer.This is a wonderful story, but if you are walking into it knowing the biblical story, you will be slightly disappointed. Wolf has Rahab and Salmon, or Sala as she has him called, knowing each other and in love before the attack on Jericho by the Israelite army. She also has Rahab pure and innocent but mistakenly called a harlot by Joshua. There is also no time of purification for Rahab and her family. Compared to the biblical account, this story is even more fiction than you imagine.The writing is excellent. The story telling is wonderful. Coming into the story knowing the biblical story of Rahab, I was very disappointed. Wolf did an excellent job with historical context, but seemed to be more true to outside sources than the Bible where Rahab is mentioned and even honored.I do recommend this for you to read as it has a section for questions in the back that would be great for book clubs. This might actually help conversation within any group.Note: This book was provided by the publisher without expectation of a positive review. less

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