Zipporah, wife of moses epub

Verses 17 tell us about this visit of jethro, and the reunion of zipporah and the two sons with moses. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the south zipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and sage of the midianites. Of course, the you are my garden, my myrrh and honey, my nightly tonic, my black dove. But because of the colour of her skin, her fate was sealed. In the book of exodus, we are introduced to zipporah, the daughter of jethro, wife of moses and mother of their two sons, gershom and eliezer. Both zipporah and moses became consciencestricken over the profanation of gods covenant, and zipporah yields.

Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read zipporah, wife of moses. Her mother died and jethro raised her as his daughter. It does not make sense for miriam to speak against moses because of a wife zipporah whom moses had married for about 40 years. When god reveals himself to moses in a burning bush, his words echo zipporahs, and moses returns to egypt with his passionate and generous wife by his side. Zipporah quickly took a flint knife, circumcised gershom and touched moses feet with it.

Moses, hebrewborn and egyptianeducated leader of the hebrews in their flight from egypt. Featuring a bold, spirited woman of color as its protagonist, zipporah will appeal to a wide range of readers and is the perfect next subject for halters canaan trilogy. Wisdom seekers christian university online 365 devotionals. Gershom, son of moses, means a traveller, or someone in a foreign place eliezer, moses son, means my god is my help what are the main themes. Fanciful version of the fatal encounter between african princess zipporah and young moses, in a breathy, atmospheric translation. An outcast like herself, his name was moses and he was a fugitive from. But in numbers 12 we encounter an uncomfortable story. Generally, moses called them zipporah and her two sons as if distancing himself from their presence in his life.

Moses saw zipporahs act of selfmutilation as a remnant of his wifes idolatrous upbringing, and a demonstration that gods displeasure at her presence was indeed wellfounded. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Zipporah, wife of moses in the bible, a determined woman. Editions of zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter. According to the bible,moses met the daughters of jethro when they were being driven away from a well by shepherds. A novel book club edition hardcover new york crown 2005 near fine in a near fine dust jacket. The second volume of french novelist halters canaan trilogy sarah. The second volume of french novelist halters canaan trilogy sarah, 2004 shows zipporah, the daughter of midian high priest jethro, meeting the fugitive moses on his flight out of egypt.

For instance, moses married zipporah, a midianite, but. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. Moses siblings, miriam and aaron confront their brother hes married a cushite woman, an african, and. Zipporah, wife of moses king county library system. She is the main character in marek halters novel zipporah, wife of moses 2005. Zipporah or tzipora is mentioned in the book of exodus as the wife of moses, and the daughter of reueljethro, the priest and. Therefore, moses sent zipporah and their two sons back to her family in midian. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the southzipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and sage of. Zipporah was a daughter of jethro, a shepherd and priest of midian.

A woman ahead of her time, zipporah leaps from the pages of this remarkable novel. Moses married her and they had two sons, gershom and eliezer. From moses lips will come the command kill every midianite woman who. So, clearly, moses had sent her away to jethro at some point. The untold story of zipporah, wife of moses what do you. Read zipporah, wife of moses a novel by marek halter available from rakuten kobo. Is this passage implying that moses left his wife and children before he went into the wilderness. There is also reference to where zipporah is mentioned in the holy bible. Zipporah was one of seven midianite sisters that mistook moses for an egyptian after he saved them from the men at the well exodus 2.

The episode takes place while moses, his wife zipporah, and their son are lodging for the night. When moses fled from egypt to the land of midian, he met jethros seven daughters, who were having some. I just finished reading a novel, zipporah, wife of moses. This has always been a controversial passage and difficult for exegetes. The lord intervened, and as a sign of divine displeasure, moses is stricken with a mortal disease. Zipporah, wife of moses pima county public library. A novel canaan trilogy marek halter, howard curtis on. But one day, as she was drawing water at a well, zipporah met a man like no other shed met before. As moses comes under attack by god, zipporah takes a flint knife and circumcises their son.

Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A passionate lover and a generous wife, zipporah the black, the stranger, the nonjew, was to share moses destiny. A woman ahead of her time, zipporah leaps from the. From the internationally bestselling author of sarah comes the riveting story of the remarkable woman who walked beside moses. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading zipporah, wife of moses. Zipporah, the wife of moses, was one of the seven daughters of reuel, a midianite priest, who was also called jethro exodus 3. At the well with her lightskinned stepsisters, zipporah is intrigued by the stranger she recognizes from a dream. According to the old testament she was the wife of moses and the daughter of jethro, a priest of. From the internationally bestselling author of sarah comes the riveting story of. She refuses to marry him until he returns to egypt to free his people. The definition and outline of zipporah is as follows. Possibly, moses was embarrassed that his wife was not an israelite. Why, and when, did moses send his wife and sons back to.

Zipporah is a midianite woman who becomes the wife of moses. Zipporah, wife of moses by marek halter, howard curtis. Oh zipporah, you are my love and the words that save me. The daughter of a priest of midian, zipporah became moses wife during his fortyyear exile from egypt, eventually accompanying him and the rest of israel into the wilderness. Well, sorry to disappoint, but zipporah just doesnt get that much screen time. While she is introduced early in exodus, very little is said about her. Moses is shown in scriptures to have been faithful in keeping the law of god, so since marriage is bound by the law, as per romans 7 and 1 cor. Scripture says that she then takes their sons foreskin and touches moses feet with it. It said in the book that she at first refused to marry moses until he agreed to go back to egypt and rescue.

Zipporah by marek halter overdrive rakuten overdrive. You can directly acquire the tape to save in your device. Moses therefore fled from egypt and arrived in midian. Her father jethro was the priest of midian, and it was he that gave zipporah to moses to marry.

Moses, fleeing from egypt, arrived in midian and sat down by a well. What we can say for certain here, i believe, is that whatever else one wants to read into zipporahs actions, she was upset with moses and only performed the circumcision on her sons under the duress of the moment. Ff3540f zipporah wie of moses a novel reading free at www. Although she is a cushite by birthone of the people of the lands to the southzipporah grew up as the beloved daughter of jethro, high priest and sage of the midianites. On the way yahweh rebuked moses, either because he had not been circumcised before his. After moses kills an egyptian, he flees from the pharaoh and settles among the midianites, an arab people who occupied desert areas in southern transjordan, northern arabia, and the sinai. An outcast like herself, his name was moses and he was a fugitive from egypt. Examples include the films the ten commandments 1956, the prince of egypt 1998 and exodus. Think of arthur, merlin, and excalibur zipporah, wife of moses. Alternatively, he may have been careful to keep his personal life out of the story of gods interactions with the israelites. To keep the peace, moses compromised with his unbelieving wife and withheld circumcision, the sign of gods covenant, from eliezer.

The rabbis explain that moses never wanted to part from zipporah and sent her to her fathers house in midian only for fear that the egyptian. With jethros blessing, moses departs for egypt with his wife zipporah and his sons. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. And given the lack of homelife information we have on moses, youd think this lady would be a good source of material. His words echo zipporahs and moses returns to confront pharaoh, armed with what he has learned from zipporah about the force of justice and the liberation of the oppressed. There is no other answer to this story except that moses had married an ethiopian wife, and zipporah was not the wife god bound him to in holy matrimony. The daughter of jethro, who became the wife of moses. Zipporah in the bible was the wife of moses and the daughter of jethro, the priest of midian. Even you love reading this epub zipporah wie of moses a novel. Moses was aware of zipporahs qualities and therefore took her for a wife. A new novel, zipporah, wife of moses, by marek halter, puts a fictionalized spin on zipporah by making her the cushite or ethiopian wife of moses. Zipporah may be obscure, but the wife of moses mattered.