Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees AUTH-11467988 ISBN10: 0228620198

ISBN10: 0228620198

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Judah's Wife: A Novel of the Maccabees AUTH-11467988 ISBN10: 0228620198Seeking peace and safety after a hard childhood, Leah marries Judah, a strong and gentle man, and for the first time in her life Leah believes she can rest easily. But the land is ruled by Antiochus IV, descended from one of Alexander the Great's generals, and when he issues a decree that all Jews are to conform to Syrian laws upon pain of death, devout Jews risk everything to follow the law of Moses. Judah's father resists the decree, igniting a war