Altars of Stone: Book One of The Line of Shem Trilogy: 1

by Corinne Brixton (Author)

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  2019

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  When flaming torches are held aloft as Shem lies hidden and menacing voices make his blood run cold, all he can do is whisper a silent, desperate prayer into the night air.
  As Shem escapes with his life, he commits himself to following Yahweh, the God of his father, Noah. But a message of impending judgment is about to change his life-and that of his family-forever.
  The plans of Yahweh, however, do not end with either Noah or his sons. Shem's descendants encounter his God again and again. Through the infertility of a wealthy, elderly couple and the call to travel into the unknown. Through a family mired in deceit, jealousy and betrayal. Through a famine and an unlikely rise to power. And as they build their altars to Yahweh on their journeys, His purposes unfold...
  Using Old Testament stories and imagined scenes around them, Altars of Stone follows the lives of Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph, through characters close to them. This is the first instalment of The Line of Shem trilogy, which aims to build up an overview of the main characters, themes and theology of the Old Testament, showing how they link together. The books seek to enrich both new and established readers of the Bible, with geographical, cultural and historical details woven throughout.