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Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Pastor Emeritus, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

Few authors have the ability to combine solid biblical scholarship and exegesis with a down-to-earth writing style that brings the Bible to life for laypersons, makes sense to them, and provides them with helpful applications for 21st century living. Essex is one of those authors. Her latest book is a blessing for both clergy and laypersons who are serious about knowing the in-depth meanings of writings from another time, era, and ‘world’ much different than the one in which we live. I recommend her work to you and guarantee it is a ‘page turner!’

Rev. David L. Ostendorf, Executive Director, Center for New Community, Chicago

Like the prophets themselves, Essex gives us a provocative, rattling call to authentic justice, a discomforting challenge to immerse ourselves in the words and ways of those gutsy and courageous sojourners of God who poignantly, yet lovingly, called the faithful back to the One who granted them life and liberty. It is a word - the Word - for our time.