Ahoti: The Story of Tamar

A masterful retelling of Tamar’s story of redemption, faith, healing, and justice

＂Vamosh (The Scroll) and Everson (The Ornament Keeper) put an empowering spin on the biblical story of Tamar, the daughter of King David...[I]t’s a welcome and often gripping portrait of the unsung courage of a biblical heroine.＂--Publishers Weekly

＂As an author of biblical fiction, I know the amount of research and work that goes into crafting a story like this. Miriam Feinberg Vamosh and Eva Marie Everson comprise the perfect team.＂ --Jerry B. Jenkins, The Chosen series

Ravaged by one brother, silenced and betrayed by another, and abandoned by her father, 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.

• 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.

For 44 years, Miriam Feinberg Vamosh, who was born in the U.S. and moved to Israel at the age of 17, has led tours in Israel as a tour educator licensed by the Israel Ministry of Tourism, specializing in showing the Holy Land to Christian visitors. In addition to her bestselling series of books on daily life at the time of the Bible, Miriam is the translator into English for the pamphlets given to tourists at national parks and nature reserves across the Holy Land, and works for the English edition of the Israeli daily Haaretz. She also translates into English and edits books and articles by Israel’s leading archaeologists and historians. Miriam, who has a master’s degree in Archeology and Heritage, is considered an expert in her field, especially as it relates to the land, her people, and her heritage.

Eva Marie Everson is a multiple award-winning author and speaker. She is one of the original five Orlando Word Weavers critique group members, an international and national group made up of critique chapters. She served as the original president from 2000 to 2007 and is now president of Word Weavers International, Inc. Eva Marie served as a mentor for Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild for several years and has taught 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. In 2002 she was chosen as one of six journalists to tour Israel and in 2009 she worked with Israel’s Ministry of Tourism to organize another journalistic tour. Eva Marie has spoken in churches and women’s groups in the U.S. and Canada. A common face among faculty at Christian writers conferences across the nation, Eva Marie also serves as the director of the Florida Christian Writers Conference (along with Taryn Souders). In 2022 she received the Yvonne Lehman Legacy Award (June) and the Lifetime Achievement Award from AWSA (August). Eva Marie is a member of Word Weavers International, AWSA (Advanced Writers & Speakers Association), ChiLibris, and FHL (Faith, Hope, and Love). Eva Marie has received degrees and studied theology at Andersonville Baptist Seminary and The Tzemach Institute. Eva Marie has been featured on numerous radio and television shows, speaking not only on theological matters but about writing, her work, etc. 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 children and grandchildren.