02005cam a2200325 i 4500 771730050 TxAuBib 20200125120000.0 180430s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018019154 9780764219344 PAP 15.99 0764219340 PAP 15.99 DLC eng DLC rda DLC TxAuBib rda Hunt, Angela Elwell, author. Jerusalem's queen [Book] : a novel of Salome Alexandra / Angela Hunt. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2018] 342 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Silent Years ; ; 3 "New York Times bestselling author"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342). Born in the small village of Modein, a town made famous by the warrior Maccabees, Salome Alexandra knows better than to harbor grand dreams for her future. She pales in comparison to her beautiful older sister, and though she learns to read at an early age, girls are not valued for their intellectual ability. But when her father and sister are killed, John Hyrcanus, a distant relative, invites Salome and her mother to live with his family in Jerusalem, where her thirst for knowledge is noticed and indulged. hen her guardian betroths her to a pagan prince, she questions HaShem's plan. When Hyrcanus finally marries her to a boy half her age, she questions her guardian's sanity. But though Salome spends much of her life as a pawn ordered about by powerful men, she learns that a woman committed to HaShem can change the world. 20200125. Salome Alexandra 139 B.C.-67 B.C Fiction. Christian fiction. Biographical fiction. Silent Years ; ; 3.