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The Song of Hannah

by Eva Etzioni Halevy

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ISBN13: 9780452286726
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In the tradition of the international bestseller The Red Tent comes a beautiful, sexy novel featuring Hannah, one of the most well-known and beloved heroines of the Old Testament.

Hannah and Pninah, once close childhood friends, become rivals for the attention of Elkanah, the man who has married them both. Pninah, passionate and independent, easily bears Elkanah many children, but bitter that he has taken her friend as a second wife, seeks fulfillment with her own secret lover. Hannah, the epitome of goodness and grace, remains completely devoted to her husband, but remains childless for many years, until a promise to God brings her the son she has yearned for.

Despite their differences, these two women must learn to live together, protecting their own interests as well as each other's, while sharing not only the love of their husband, but that of Hannah's son Samuel, who will become one of the great prophets of the Jewish people.

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Once childhood friends, Hannah and Pninah become rivals for the man who has married them both. Despite their differences, the women must learn to live together while sharing the love of their husband, and that of Hannah's son Samuel, the future prophet.
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Eva Etzioni-Halevy is professor emeritus of political sociology at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv. This is her first novel.
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Vicki Newell, October 8, 2009 (view all comments by Vicki Newell)
Hannah and Pninah are childhood friends. Pninah meets and falls in love with Elkanah and they decide to get married. At the wedding, Hannah and Elkanah who are seeing each other for the first time, have an instant attraction, so after a time Elkanah takes Hannah as his second wife. This seems to end the lifelong friendship of the two woman, Pninah can not believe that her closest friend would become involved with her husband.

Pninah has no problem bearing children, but Hannah is just the opposite. After trying for years, she goes to the temple and begs God to give her a child. She also says that if she has a son, she will give him as a sacrifice. Shortly after she becomes pregnant, she delivers a son she names Samuel, and when he is 3 years of age she takes him to be raised at the temple.

The rest of the story is about the years following. When I first started reading I thought the book would be Hannah telling the story, but the chapters alternated from Hannah to Pninah. I really enjoyed this book, it kept me eager to find out what was going to happen next. I've read many reviews from people who did not like The Song Of Hannah because of some of the relationships these people had, and I agree some of the book was to graphic, but you have to remember that this is a work of fiction about non fictional people. Some of it is factual events from the Bible, the rest is from the mind of the author. I liked this book and plan on reading more from the author.
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ISBN:
9780452286726
Author:
Etzioni Halevy, Eva
Publisher:
Plume Books
Author:
Etzioni-Halevy, Eva
Subject:
General
Subject:
Women in the bible
Subject:
Religious - Biblical
Subject:
Childlessness
Subject:
Christian - Biblical
Subject:
Romance - Contemporary
Subject:
Biographical fiction
Subject:
Religious fiction
Copyright:
2005
Publication Date:
September 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
292
Dimensions:
7.90x5.32x.65 in. .54 lbs.
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