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Title: Is this biblical fiction? Yes!
Review: Pardon me, I was heavily medicated when I wrote that review. Here is the sober, revised edition:This book is incredibly accurate. I trust an author who writes about Old Testament characters and history when she uses the Bible as one of her sources of research, along with mountains of other sources she spent three years of her life researching. Her book is so closely wed to the Biblical account that this book really can be classified as historical fiction or biblical fiction, in my opinion. She just did tons and tons of research and then developed her on story which complements and enriches our understanding of the Old Testament. The only purpose that I can find in trashing this book (as some have done here) is to promote a conservative agenda. If you are looking for great Biblical Fiction, I recommend The Red Tent because Diamant is a profound author who has done extensive research and consulted the Bible.
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