Bibliograph

Zipporah, wife of Moses, a novel, Mark Halter

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Zipporah, wife of Moses, a novel, Mark Halter

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Zipporah, wife of Moses

Oclc number

56752305

Responsibility statement

Mark Halter

Series statement

Canaan Trilogy, bk. 2

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In the time of the Pharaoh, a tiny infant is rescued from the banks of the Red Sea. She is named Zipporah, "the little bird." Although she is a Cushite by birth-one of the black people of the lands to the south-she is taken in by Jethro, high priest and sage of the Midianites. Jethro adores his adopted daughter, and she is an honored member of his familyBut the blackness of Zipporah's skin sets her apart and will decide her future: she will be an outsider, and the men of her adopted tribe will not want her as a wife. But when she becomes a young woman, Zipporah's destiny changes forever. While drawing water at a well one day, she meets a handsome young man, a stranger. Like her, he is an outsider, a foreigner. His name is Moses

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