Book Review: A Woman of Words

 

A Woman of Words

by Angela Hunt

 Bethany House 

Bethany House Publishers

 Christian  |  Historical Fiction 

Pub Date 04 May 2021

I am reviewing a copy of A Woman of Words through Bethany House Publishers and Netgalley:

Matthew was a disciple and a former tax collector who is invited to work with Peter, James, and John in Jerusalem.   He has dreams of preaching and performing miracles like his fellow apostles, but he finds his dreams postponed because of a request from Yeshua's mother.   Well aware of her passing years when Mary asks him to help dreams postponed because of a request from Yeshua's mother. Well aware of the passing years, Mary asks Matthew to help her record the stories of Yeshua while the eyewitnesses are still alive. Reluctantly, he agrees, though the longer he and Mary work together, the more difficult their task becomes.

The two are not only are they pressured by opposition from friends and foes alike, but Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula, is determined to raise a statue of himself in the Holy Temple, even if it means killing every man in Israel. 

While Matthew works to save his people, Mary encourages him to come to terms with issues from his past. When they finally near the completion of their project, Matthew realizes that the job he reluctantly accepted might be his God-given destiny.

I give A Woman of Words five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!