she saw Ybyon brutally murder her mother when Deborah was two years old. However, if you're looking for a book to help you truly understand Deborah, this book is not for you.Īnn Burton does a great job of writing the story of the early years of the Israeli Prophetess and Judge Deborah.Ī slave girl beaten and tortured by her Hebrew- hating Canaanite master, Ybyon. To the potential reader: yes, the author did a fabulous job in understanding ancient history and making you want to read the next chapter. Where you must use artistic license, compare scripture with scripture to understand God's ways. To the author I say: Where the bible is silent on something - PLEASE do not make unscriptural things up. Adding to this disturbing account, we find the author misleading us by stating that prophets/prophetess can be/were descended by blood line and superstitions making up a brother/sister relationship between Barak and Deborah and turning Deborah into a slave from the onset of the book.
In this book you'll find Deborah laying her hands on random people and telling them their past, present and future talking with her dead mother and being unable to have free will (such as tell a lie). First, a prophet/prophetess does NOT mean that you can't tell a lie (they were not sinless), that you can see into the future (especially about mundane things) nor can you find in scripture that prophets had psychic abilities! So what is a prophet? It is one who receives a message from the Lord and who is entrusted to deliver that word in truth. However, when trying to stay true to scripture this book fails miserably. If I were picking up this book for a wholesome fantasy novel, this would be a good choice. I understand the need for "artistic license" but this book goes way too far by trouncing upon basic bible fundamentals.
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