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Potiphar’s Wife Reviews: Great Out of the Gate

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Potiphar’s Wife has been on bookstore shelves for over a month now. Zully has certainly received a warm welcome from the biblical fiction community! The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Of my current twelve novels, Potiphar’s Wife #3 in best launches–following #1: Isaiah’s Daughter (my only Christy Award winner) and #2: Of Fire and Lions (a Christy Award finalist). THANK YOU SO MUCH for your kind …

Potiphar’s Wife Q&A – Part II (Truth, Facts, or Fiction)

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My mind has been a jumble recently of Truth, facts, and fiction. I instantly forget people’s names when I meet them for the first (or fourth) time, but I remember facts about Assyrian hair products from 2018 research. I’ve forgotten what we ate for supper three nights ago, but I know the recipe for ancient Egyptian lipstick. Is it a …

Potiphar’s Wife – Another Antihero in the Bible

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Have you ever heard the term antihero? Are you familiar with its meaning? Here’s a great definition from the Master Class website: You won’t mistake an antihero for a role model, but antiheroes often feel the same sense of justice a traditional hero might. An antihero is deeply flawed, conflicted character, who often has a cloudy moral compass—but that’s what …

Who Is Potiphar?

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Potiphar is kind of a big deal in my writing journey. Did you know he’s the reason I wrote Of Fire and Lions–my book about Daniel? Long-story-short: Because of Isaiah’s prophecy to Hezekiah, Daniel’s ancestor, I thought Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers (Daniel 1:3-4) made Daniel a eunuch when they took him captive to Babylon: “And some of your descendants, your own flesh and …

Why Was Joseph Such a Hottie?

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Just how good looking was Joseph? What sort of gorgeous could have inspired legends? Why did God, in His inspired Scripture and eternal Truth, record the infamous detail that Joseph was “well-built and handsome” (Gen. 39:7)? Weren’t other biblical heroes well-built and/or handsome? Samson never had trouble finding a date. David was “healthy and handsome” (1 Sam. 16:12)–but he was sort …

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Which Pharaoh Did Joseph Serve?

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When you think of ancient pharaohs, do you imagine them with the same skin tones and facial features as the men in the picture below? Until I began researching The Pharaoh’s Daughter in 2014, I thought all pharaohs were “cookie cutter” Egyptians: black hair, dark eyes, and brown skin. Wow, was I wrong! Did you know some ancient pharaohs were from Southern Africa, the land …