Huldah: The Prophet Who Wrote Hebrew Scripture

Description: This book reveals--for the first time ever--the extraordinary impact of Huldah the prophet on our Bible. She was both a leader of exilic Jews and a principal author of Hebrew Scripture. She penned the Shema: the ardent prayerful praise that millions of worshipers repeat twice daily. Moreover Jesus quoted as his own last words the ones that Huldah had written centuries before--Into your hand I commit my spirit. Huldah was an extraordinary writer--arguably she ranks among the best in Hebrew Scripture. As such she added to Gods Word a feminine aspect that has inspired numberless believers--men and women alike. This books new techniques reveal that though subjected to extreme verbal abuse Huldah surmounted her eras high barriers to women. As elder queen mother and war leader during the sixth century BCE she helped shape Israels history. And what then can this book mean to scholars--both women and men? Feminists need a rallying point and a heroine and Huldah makes a superb one. In years ahead experts might well place Huldah alongside the very greatest women of antiquity; indeed they may even conclude that she is among the most influential people in human history. Endorsements: Kavanaghs latest book is another fascinating and creative recasting of biblical narratives. His writing is precise and lucid and his analyses are unlike anyone elses combining biblical scholarship mathematical statistics and a deep reading of Jewish canonical and literary sources including esoteric material. Provocative and richly documented Huldah will be well received by anyone who has followed Kavanaghs previous research and writing. --Jeff Levin University Professor and Director of the Program on Religion and Population Health Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion About the Contributor(s): Preston Kavanagh holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard. He retired twenty-five years ago from an executive position in a large company to seek the identities of those who wrote the Hebrew Bible. Huldah discusses what he has found as do several prior books--Secrets of the Jewish Exile (2005) The Exilic Code (Pickwick Publications 2009) and The Shaphan Group (Pickwick Publications 2011). He and his wife Lois live quietly in Maryland.