Sandals: The Journey of Abraham and Sarah and Hagar

by James Rapp

Overview

This book of poems depicts the life of Abraham and Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham's two sons Ishmael and Isaac, capturing the tenderness of feeling that once existed between Abraham and Sarah and tracing the strains placed on their love for each other in the long years of waiting for the birth of the promised son and heir. Although the poems create an imagined world - the Biblical record is highly suggestive but very sparce on details - each poem is an attempt to present the characters as real people, struggling to understand God's calling upon their lives.

The excellent Afterword by Dr. Clyde Curry Smith offers serious Biblical scholars an oppotunity to explore the same Biblical passages from an historian's point of view.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014851855
Publisher:	JRapp Publishing
Publication date:	08/06/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	77
File size:	284 KB

About the Author

Jim Rapp is a retired public school teacher. Previous to his 27 year teaching career he served as pastor of a congregation in River Falls, Wisconsin for six years. In his retirement years he served his church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin as Director of Drama for 12 years until May 2009. Jim holds a Diploma in Theology from North Central Bible College (now North Central University) 1958, and a Master’s Degree in History with his major area of interest being the Ancient Near East from University of Wisconsin-River Falls 1971. He has written six dramas, five of which have been staged. In his eleven years as Director of Drama he co-directed, with Music Director, Cheryl Brandt, twenty-two adult musical dramas and nine children’s musicals. Jim is author of two aditional books of poetry, Perfect Imperfection, and Second Crop. He is also author of Inga & Olaf: Modern Parables and Sermon on the Mount: Brief Meditations.

Editorial Reviews

Herein lies a profound meditation upon aspects of the text of Genesis duly composed within a celebratory Tradition, brilliantly conceived and executed, whose crucial ingredient, lying beneath the primary patriarchal (and its most necessary accompanying matriarchal) account, remains that of the legitimate tension between “faith and doubt” so highly evident even in one of whom the text had reason to affirm that “he believed in YHWH and He reckoned it to him as righteousness&#x

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