The Hand Above the Lid

<p><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>Abraham! We know him as the father of three of the world's great religions: Judaism Christianity and Islam. Yet his story begins abruptly with two words from Genesis: </span><em style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>Lech Lecha </em><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>- Go to yourself as it is often translated. Who was the unknown Abraham of before God calls him? This unique novel uses Talmudic legends Apocryphal writings and Kabbalistic sources to trace Abraham's footsteps into these hidden corners of his beginnings. We travel with him from Ur to Charan 3000 years ago. We spend time with his wife Sarai (and Iscah her prophetess alter ego) Shem and post-Ark Noah the angel Gabriel. Stops are made in Babylon and at the Tower of Babel where Abraham confronts his nemesis Nimrod. </span><em style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>The Hand Above the Lid </em><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>may be read as fiction as historical fantasy. Yet it speaks not only to the past but to the present - in each and every one of us. </span><em style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>The Hand Above the Lid </em><span style=color: rgba(64 64 64 1)>challenges readers to go to yourselves as well.</span></p>