Rebecca Velez

Such Redemption as This - Such a Hope Rebecca Velez

445 BCThe Jews reclaim their heritage as they rebuild Jerusalem's walls under Nehemiah's leadership. Meanwhile, in the hills of Judah, thirteen-year-old Yael is ripped from her peaceful life when the Ammonite Tobiah decides to collect a long-overdue debt for his sister Judith. When he demands payment for the family vineyard, Yael is enslaved to buy her family time to raise the silver needed to save their livelihood. Judith realizes she made a tragic mistake when she lived in the vineyard and decided to sacrifice her infant daughter to the god Moloch. Can she ever make amends?Will Yael and Judith find the redemption they desperately seek?