Can a Canaanite harlot who has made her livelihood by looking desirable to men make a fitting wife for one of the leaders of Israel? Shockingly, the Bible’s answer is yes.
Pearl in the Sand tells Rahab’s untold story. Rahab lives in a wall; her house is built into the defensive walls of the City of Jericho. Other walls surround her as well-walls of fear, rejection, unworthiness.
A woman with a … unworthiness.
A woman with a wrecked past; a man of success, of faith … of pride; a marriage only God would conceive! Through the heartaches of a stormy relationship, Rahab and Salmone learn the true source of one another’s worth and find healing in God.
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First book I’ve given 5 stars for in more than a year. Superb biblical fiction. Afshar got under the skin of the character and stuck to scripture. I love the way that I learn biblical customs along the way. This book could so easily have finished at the marriage and it would have been a good book. What made it great was going on into the marriage …
“And Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king.” (Matthew 1:5-6)
Why would God choose to give Rahab, a former Canaanite Harlot, the honor of bearing a son whose lineage could be traced to King David and then Christ? Because He is a God of …
I adored this story of Rahab and Salmone! This was full of so many biblical truths and taught me so much about how I view myself vs how God views me. The story of Rahab can be found in the book of Joshua.
Rahab was betrayed by her father at the age of 15 because they couldn’t tend to their grounds. She was sold into prostitution. She didn’t want …
This was the first biblical fiction I have read and it captured me from beginning. Who knew that Rahab the prostitute that sheltered the spies woul become in lineage of Jesus? Great !
Reading the 10th Anniversary Edition of Pearl in the Sand was like picking the novel up for the very first time. There are subtle differences and a few new scenes to this already remarkable story of redemption. The journey through this book takes the reader to a place of not only forgiveness and the challenging path to arrive there, but also to a …
How has it been ten years since this beautiful novel first released? I have such fond memories including Pearl in the Sand. I just happened upon it after it first came out, sitting on our library’s New Release shelf, and it was my first foray back into the world of Christian Romance after taking a break. I’m so glad I picked it up, and I devoured …
In this 10th Anniversary of the Pearl in the Sand the story of Rahab comes to life. It is to bad this site doesn’t have the new cover because it is breath taking. Rahab the prostitute from Jericho helps 2 Hebrew spies escape, for her good work and her faith they promise to save her by tying a red cord by her door. Once saved she find faith in …
Ancient history comes to life in this moving story by Tessa Afshar. It was so captivating how this book brought Biblical people into an understandable position, showing they had strengths and shortcomings. Although I have read the Bible on numerous occasions, it is sometimes hard to think of these people as we see ourselves and that they have …
#Pearl in the Sand # by Tessa Afshar is a Biblical Fiction book. Tessa has won the Christy award for Harvest of Gold, Land of Silence got the Inspy award. She was born in the Middle East . She ended up going to school in the England and later went to the United States. She got a Master’s in Divinity from Yale. She was …
In the 10th Anniversary Edition of Pearl in the Sand, award-winning author Tessa Afshar brings the Biblical story of Rahab and Salmone to life with powerful messages of redemption, healing, and grace. Not much is known about Rahab, the Canaanite harlot who is named in the lineage of Jesus, but Tessa Afshar’s incredible writing fills in the blanks …
Pearl in the Sand.
In the words of the writer, Rahab’s story is a story of God’s outrageous grace.
This is the first book of Tessa Afshar that I have read and I can’t wait to read others.
This biblical fiction made me to imagine alongside with the author.
Rahab as a character personalises many things apparent in a flawed human life. Her …
(The cover pictured is for the original. However, a 10th anniversary edition is out now with a gorgeous new cover and additional edits!)
How could a woman of ill repute find faith in the God of Israel, and by His great providence and grace, be counted in the lineage of Jesus? It is a miracle that only God could conceive! In Pearl in the Sand , …
I loved this story. I couldn’t put it down.
This book is fiction but based on the story in the Bible of Rahab the woman who hid the Israeli spies that were coming to destroy Jericho. She and her family were allowed to learn the Jewish laws and become accepted as Jews. Rahab falls in love with Salmone an Israel leader. He is from the tribe of Judah–the lineage that eventually produces …
I love this book. i have read it 15 times over. i just love it. i can’t enough about it.
Tessa Afshar has become a favorite author. Her writing is so well-done and inspirational. Her characters are very realistic and relatable. I really enjoyed this biblically based novel.
A new perspective on Biblical figures which makes them more human.
Very inspirational and interesting book
I love the biblical theme with a spin on how fate works in mysterious ways.
This is a wonderful historical fiction based on the Biblical story of Rahab, the prostitute who helped save the Israelite spies and what her romance and eventual marriage to Salmon might have been like to place her as the Great-Great-Great…Grandmother of Jesus Christ. I highly recommend it.