The Scroll of Anatiya by Zoë Klein

Written within the excessive artwork variety of prophetic witness, The Scroll of Anatiya finds a brand new type of biblical heroine who's fiercely passionate and sensual. during this first-person, sincere, and susceptible account of an orphaned, passion-driven disciple of Jeremiah--perhaps a prophetess in her personal right--Anatiya finds herself to be a unprecedented window into a tremendous global and a stunning brain. Out of a century of battle, wrath, hunger, and exile, Anatiya's epic love poem unleashes a undying theology of affection. during this exact paintings, the modern mind's eye of Rabbi Zoë Klein meshes seamlessly with the area of Jeremiah in an unforgettable tale of ardour, poetry, and love.

"Painstakingly researched, melding seamlessly with the biblical/historical list, this fictional paintings can also be powerfully expected, written, and learned via a girl author. Rabbi Zoë Klein has wear the surface and soul of a feminine prophet/scribe for the duration of Jeremiah, bringing a clean voice into the patriarchal tale. How considerably this has enriched me! How a lot i would like others to be as astonished as I was!"
--Luci Shaw
author of The Crime of residing carefully and followed through Angels

"With the scriptural erudition of the Rabbi she is, and significant imaginitive presents, Zoë Klein has cr eated in Anatiya a hot, plausible spouse to an elder Jeremiah, whose quiet love reunites the elderly prophet with the fervour of affection and religion that known as him from formative years to God and renders of their tale a strong story of divine love incarnate.
--Sam Portaro
author of Brightest & most sensible: A significant other to Lesser Feasts & Fasts, Crossing the Jordan, and Sheer Christianity.

"Redolent in metaphor and spirit, aching with love either earthly and heavenly, The Scroll of Anatiya bargains the reader the imagined trip of a tender lady disciple of Jeremiah, a trip of a woman's physique and spirit. The textual content attracts deeply from the Hebrew Scriptures, whereas additionally bringing to speech the voice of a tender girl, whose writing 'resonates off the walls.' i like to recommend analyzing the textual content slowly, permitting your self to get pleasure from the language and the imagery, certainly to appreciate the idea of the scroll."
--Mary C. Earle
author of The desolate tract moms: religious Practices from girls of the barren region and Days of Grace: Meditations and Practices for residing with Illness.

Zoë Klein is the senior rabbi of Temple Isaiah in l. a.. She is the writer of Drawing within the airborne dirt and dust (Simon and Schuster, 2009). Her poetry and prayers are utilized in homes of worship around the nation. Her writing appears to be like within the Torah: A Women's statement (2008) and Holy floor: a meeting of Voices on taking good care of construction (2008). She lives in l. a. along with her husband and 3 children.