First Line Friday – Rahab: Hidden Scars

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Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Reading is my SuperPower! It’s time to grab the book you’re reading, and share the first line!

Today I am excited to start a biblical fiction novel by debut novelist Rebekah Gyger!! Rahab’s story has always interested me from the bible, and I’m excited to see that Rebekah does with it. It got a great endorsement from the wonderfully talented Mesu Andrews, which make me even more excited to dive in. Plus the cover is absolutely gorgeous!

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About the Book

First Line Friday – Rahab: Hidden ScarsRahab: Hidden Scars
Author Rebekah Gyger
on March 13, 2023
Genres: Biblical, Fiction / Christian / Biblical
Pages: 308

When Rahab’s face is scarred and her marriage prospects ruined, her father forces her into prostitution to recoup her lost bride price. With her new place of business near the main gate of Jericho, she is witness to the number of people who have entered the city to flee the approaching Israelites.

Despite Moses' assurance of Yahweh's mercy, Israel is a people always at war, with elders who die in the wasteland of the Sinai desert. And as the leader of the tribe of Judah, Salmon is at the fore, dispensing Yahweh’s justice.

While Salmon wishes to see Yahweh’s mercy, Rahab looks for salvation. Is either possible when the people of Israel are on a course to enact judgment and destruction across the land of Canaan? Or will the survival of a prostitute from the city of Jericho be the mercy Salmon has been searching for?

"A stunning debut from a well-traveled author and avid researcher, Rebekah Gyger’s powerful epic of Rahab’s personal heartbreak and family woes will grab your heart and steal your breath. Gyger’s familiarity with the Middle East is evident in the authenticity woven expertly into the text. And every logical complication of Jericho’s conquest is reasoned out and made believable in this compelling story of love, loss, and life during Israel’s birth as a nation." - Mesu Andrews

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6 responses to “First Line Friday – Rahab: Hidden Scars

  1. Kay Garrett

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  2. Happy Friday!
    I’m currently reading Everything is Just Beginning by Erin Bartels. It’s pretty awesome!
    “How about 492?
    Ugh.”
    I looked up from the clipboard in my lap. “You don’t like The Replacements?”
    I hope you have a really excellent weekend!

  3. I was going to say I hadn’t heard of this author…then saw that it is her debut. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this one. Have a great weekend!

  4. Paula Shreckhise

    My first line this week comes from Forged in Live by Mary Connealy:
    August 1870. Pine Valley, Wyoming

    A bullet slammed into the side of the stagecoach carrying Mariah Stover, her pa, and her older brother.

  5. That sounds good! I’m reading Yosemite Firestorm by Tanya Stowe. The first line is: “Olivia Chatham pulled her ranger Jeep into the parking lot of the hiking trail near Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows and groaned.”