If one is willing to accept this fictional presumption at least as a possibility, then the vast majority of the book that deals with Esther is quite fascinating, although it is not for children and was probably not intended for them. In fact, there’s no way to prove that the term “Agagite” with reference to Haman has any connection whatever to king Agag of Amalek. Nowhere does the Bible ever assign this as a motive for Haman’s hatred of the Jews. While Bible believers accept the story of Esther as truth, the whole plot of the novel is based upon the idea that after King Saul had captured Agag, king of the Amalekites, one of Agag’s wives sneaked in the camp, lay with Agag, and had a child by him, becoming an ancestor of Haman the Agagite. The book is called a “historically accurate novel.” However, historical accuracy, like beauty, is sometimes in the eye of the beholder. While trying to stick as true to the facts as possible, Tenney and Olsen seek to fill in the gaps with a lot of “what might have been.” Well-known Louisiana preacher Tommy Tenney, who has written many non-fiction religious works, begins with a modern bride in Jerusalem named Hadassah who learns that she is related to the Biblical Hadassah, better known as Esther, and then goes back into pre-Islamic Persia to tell the story of Esther in this work of historical fiction.

After seeing the movie, which is quite good, I had to read the book. Some time ago my wife Karen rented a copy of the movie One Night with the King, based upon this book, to watch as our family video. S., Bloomington, MN 55438, a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, MI). Hadassah: One Night with the King (published in 2004 by Bethany House Publishers, 11400 Hampshire Ave.

Language level: 1 (nothing objectionable)įor more information e-mail Tommy, with Olsen, Mark Andrew. Publisher: Bethany House, republished in 2005 Authors: Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen

Hadassah by tommy tenney