In Witnesses, Valerie Volk takes us behind the scenes for a fresh look at some of the great moments in biblical history. These sixteen compelling stories are told by those on the sidelines: Saul's armour-bearer, Noah's daughter-in-law, frightened of water and about to board the Ark, a man who cut a hole in the roof of a house to lower his paralysed brother to Jesus, David's daughter Tamar, sexually assaulted by her brother ... witnesses at the edges of significant and familiar stories.
The characters in Witnesses tell their own tales, but they are also observers of important events. Their stories will change the way you understand the Bible, and have implications for modern lives.
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Valerie Volk is an award-winning Adelaide writer of poetry, verse novels, short stories, travel tales and longer fiction. A self-confessed voyeur of other people's lives, she is fascinated by the perennial question 'What if ...?'
Valerie loves all music - especially classical, opera and jazz - travel and cats, not necessarily in that order, but she loves writing most of all.
ISBN 9781743059906
CATEGORY Fiction
PAGE COUNT 198
DIMENSIONS 210 x 140 mm
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'Beautifully written, in these interesting tales Volk delivers genuine lives filled with pathos. Her words encapsulate a culture and time far removed from ours yet arresting, poignant and strangely familiar. You can read Witnesses to 'look on us and see yourselves.' - Dr Rosanne Hawke
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'Valerie Volk makes the ordinary extraordinary in this collection of tales from little-known and often forgotten witnesses to some of the great events narrated in the Bible. Familiar stories become new and unexpected. And in the process, Volk makes us feel that we, too, were there.' - Dr Mark Worthing
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'Valerie Volk once again helps us reflect upon well-known biblical stories by looking at them through unexpected eyes. The characters, some named, some the author's speculation, bring freshness to the stories, and hence the possibility of deeper insights.' - Rev. Dr Lynn Arnold, AO