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Title: A good read - but a bit fanciful
Review: I've done a good deal of research myself on Deborah, the prophetess judge. I read this book and it's a good read. It gives insight as to what 'could have been' and Bette Ross says she did a good deal of research and took a lot of things into account. That's fine, but if you're re-telling a Bible story to enhance it, and give more meaning and understanding to it, I believe the story told should at the very least be accurate to the Bible story. Bette freely admits that there were a few things/locations she changed because she took "other sources" into account over and above the Biblical account in Judges. I still liked it though. Her characters were all strong though. The Bible said that "men were weak." There weren't many of those "weak" men in Bette's story.
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