Judah’s Wife

Name: Judah’s Wife
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by Angela Hunt Book 2 in the The Silent Years series.

First published 2018

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Leah seeks a safe marriage after a violent childhood and finds gentleness in a man connected to the family of Mattathias. Safety proves temporary when the Seleucid king’s decrees attack Jewish worship and turn local accommodation into a question of covenant, resistance and survival.

As Judah Maccabee emerges as a commander, Leah experiences revolt through separation, bereavement and the labour of sustaining a community at war. The novel does not present courage as belonging only to fighters. Her faith must survive fear and anger, and love becomes a willingness to bear responsibility for a people whose freedom cannot be secured without sacrifice.