Ahoti: A Story of Tamar: A Novel
by Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
A masterful retelling of Tamar’s story of redemption, faith, healing, and justice.
Ravaged by one brother, silenced and betrayed by another, and abandoned by her father King David, Tamar—once beloved daughter of the king of Israel, and healer of the court—suddenly finds herself in exile, fleeing for her life. But the story continues where the scriptures end: a dangerous journey and tenacious pursuit of her true identity and calling brings her full circle, to her rightful place in the kingdom.
Enthusiasts of Biblical Fiction will love Ahoti.
- Ahoti brings to life the Old Testament story of the biblical princess Tamar, the daughter of David, King of Israel.
- The familiar Bible story ends with Tamar living “desolate” (2 Samuel 13:20), but master storytellers Miriam Feinberg Vamosh and Eva Marie Everson take readers beyond this sorrowful ending to a horizon of hope, thanks to their brilliant adaptation of an ancient anonymous manuscript, purportedly written by Gad the Seer (1 Chronicles 29:29), which was discovered in India in the early 18th century. Beyond the biblical text, this manuscript provides a surprising conclusion, which has powerful modern-day significance.
- Rich with cultural, biblical, and historic detail, and spiritually compelling, Ahoti will inspire readers to overcome humiliation, pain, betrayal, and bitterness, to embrace a life of purpose.
Learn more at ahotibook.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
MIRIAM FEINBERG VAMOSH
Miriam Feinberg Vamosh, an author based in Israel since 1970, is renowned for her works that delve into ancient times in the Holy Land. Her latest book, Ahōti – A Story of Tamar, co-authored with Eva Marie Everson (Paraclete Press 2024), takes the tragic story of David’s daughter Tamar to a new place of redemption and healing. Her bibliography includes Daily Life at the Time of Jesus, which has been translated into over 30 languages, Food at the Time of the Bible, Women at the Time of the Bible (Palphot) and Teach it to Your Children, How Kids Lived in Bible Days, (AviMedia), the award-winning Reflections of God’s Holy Land: a Personal Journey Through Israel (with Eva Marie Everson, Thomas Nelson ) and and a historical novel, The Scroll (Toby Press).
A native of Trenton, New Jersey, Miriam’s passion for the Bible and ancient sources evolved over many years as a tour educator, and her interest in Christianity began thanks to the respect she learned at home for people of diverse faiths and cultures. A member of the translation team on the news desk of the Israeli daily Haaretz for two decades, she has juxtaposed the complexities of writing, translating, and editing about millennia-old events, with her work for a cutting-edge Israeli newspaper. This is the complexity that for Miriam makes life in Israel an unending search for meaning, healing and justice. With the passing of her husband Arik (Aharon), Miriam continues to cherish their children and five grandchildren.
Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
EVA MARIE EVERSON
Eva Marie is an ECPA bestselling and multiple award-winning author and speaker, including an ECPA Gold Medallion. She is a Christy finalist, and a Silver Medallion winner. She has won a Carol, several Maggie and Golden Scroll awards, and an Inspirational Retailers Choice Award. She is one of the original five Word Weavers members, which began in 1997. She served first as the original president (2000-2007) and is now CEO of Word Weavers International, Inc., which serves over 1200 writers primarily as a national and international group of critique and educational chapters.
Eva Marie served as a mentor for the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild for several years and teaches at a number of writers conferences nationwide. During the 2010-2011 school year, Eva Marie served as an adjunct professor at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. She describes it as one of the best times she ever had while working. Eva Marie also serves as director of Florida Christian Writers Conference and she is the contest director for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, which includes the industry-wide SELAH awards. She also enjoys working as a private writing coach for fiction writers.
In 2022, Eva Marie was awarded the Yvonne Lehman Legacy Award and the AWSA Lifetime Achievement Award. Receiving both, she said, was among the highlights of her career.
She is a double graduate of Andersonville Theological Seminary (graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Exposition) and The Tzemach Institute. Her theological focus has always been the tie between the Testaments with a greater understanding of Christianity’s Jewish roots. Born and reared in Georgia, Eva Marie and her husband make their home in Central Florida where they are owned by one very spoiled cat and two hearts full of grandchildren.
Eva Marie Everson
Eva Marie Everson
