Lilah: A Forbidden Love, a People's Destiny

Marek Halter created 3 books - 'Lilah, Sarah, and Zipporah" that depict strong women in the Bible. They are wonderful examples of how important women were during this period of time. They provided strength and character to the men they supported. During the early years of Christianity, women were and still are important.

I loved Lilah, just as I did the rest of the Canaan Trilogy. Sarah was my favorite, but be fair reviewers. Lilah was a great book. I have never written a review before, but I felt I needed to after reading what had been written about this one. I recommended this trilogy to a neighbor last week before reading all the negative things written here, and I stand by my recommendations. Another fantastic book in the "Biblical Fiction" category is "The Red Tent" (not written by the same author). It is my absolute favorite.

What great reading. I've read all 3 books of the Canaan Trilogy and have enjoyed being able to put them in the prospective of "real" lives and real stories. They are "fiction", but the characters are very real and help us to realize that they did exist and they did have lives very similar to ours. Thank you Marek Halter to making the stories come to life.

Excellent.......have enjoyed all of this trilogy......just love the descriptions of this time and lessons learned!!!

Thousands embraced the first book in Mark Halter's Canaan trilogy, Sarah. Many more were intrigued by his second, Zipporah, Wife of Moses and even more will undoubtedly be drawn to Lilah, the final book in this popular series. Historical fiction buffs relish the author's ability to bring to our eyes and minds the life of thousands of years ago. The question Lilah asks of Yahweh is "Why must I cause pain when my brother and my lover have an equal place in my heart?" Her lover is a Persian warrior, Antinoes, who was first a childhood friend and now the man who wants to marry her. However, as she was raised, Lilah doesn't believe she can marry anyone without the blessing of Ezra, her brother, and she knows that Ezra would not want her to marry anyone not of their faith. Ezra believes that he is the one who is to lead his people back to the Promised Land, and Lilah also thinks this is true. So, she determines to help him accomplish this. Yet, when this is done there are extremists among the people who would want all non-Jewish banished. The time has come for Lilah to make a choice. Popular theater and television performer Ellen Reilly gives a sterling narration to this story of a woman torn. - Gail Cooke