Jerusalem's Queen Quotes

“Yet I knew life did not end with death. David spoke of living after this life, and so did Job. Enoch and Elijah had been taken away, and where did they go? Surely they were with HaShem.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“The prophets speak of a Messiah who is the begotten Son of HaShem,” Simeon said. “And if they truly spoke for HaShem, then He is coming, just as the prophets foretold. From where is He coming? HaShem knows, and when it is time, He will send Him.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“Man and God act together. Surely we can all agree with Solomon.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“He allows men to make choices. Just as He allows nations to rise and fall according to their actions.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“Ezra Diagos is correct when he says men’s words do not have the authority of HaShem’s.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“Remember that the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone.’ So a man should love his wife as himself and honor her more than himself.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“promise HaShem gave Abraham: “I give this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“Knowledge itself was a secret treasure made all the more precious because most women did not possess it.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“The Romans have had their problems,” Uncle said. “Men are fallible, and some men are corrupt.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“The deeds of the fathers are a sign to the sons.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“for lamentation, and thirty for abstaining from laundered garments and from cutting the hair. The sages say that one should not grieve too much for the dead, and whoever grieves excessively is really grieving for someone else.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“The Torah has set limits for every stage of grief: three days for weeping, seven”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“In any case, HaShem had spared me from that bloody palace. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“May God bless his sons as he blessed the five courageous sons of Mattathias.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“Does not a farmer protect his crop? Does he not have a spirit? And does a mother, who produces children and food for her table, not protect and govern her children? I am not certain, Salome, that men can be so”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“protect, like soldiers; and those who govern. He says the producers align with the appetite of man, the protectors with the spirit of man, and those who govern with the reason of man.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“Plato says there are three types of people in a society—those who produce, like slaves, carpenters, masons, and farmers; those who”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“He says there are three kinds of people in any society, because people are tripartite. What does that mean?” “Comprised of three parts. Plato believes humans are appetite, spirit, and reason. But I am not certain HaShem would agree. The Torah tells us that man is body and soul.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“My studies had taught me that Israel did have a divinely ordained royal line, but it sprang from David and the tribe of Judah, not Levi.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“to heaven, He is there, and if I make my bed in the grave, He is there, too. If I take the wings of the dawn and settle on the other side of the sea, even there His hand will lead me, and His right hand will lay hold of me.’” The words of the psalm”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“I’ve heard that about your people. But how can one God do everything? He would have to be huge, and he would have to be everywhere”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“The prince frowned again. “The name? Why do you not speak your God’s name?” “Because His name is holy,” I answered, “and not to be invoked lightly.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“The prince frowned again. “The name? Why do you not speak your God’s name?”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“the outcome of these things. As our King Solomon wrote, ‘Man may throw the dice, but HaShem decides the outcome.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“I have heard that people once spoke of making Judas Maccabaeus king, but he would have none of it. I think he was wise as well as strong. I think he may have been the wisest of all the Hasmoneans”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“queen. You have power, but you have paid dearly for it. You have wealth, but it brings you no joy, for you are dressed even more simply than my mother. You can have anything you desire, and hundreds of servants obey your command, but you cannot retrieve the things you have lost—like your son. Your family.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“become as numerous as the sand in the sea, I am content to wait in faith that HaShem will bring His will to pass.”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“I am not sure what I want,” I said. “I have been assured that HaShem has a special plan for me, but I do not know what it is. But just as our father Abraham waited to see his descendants”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“are prone to ignore their elders’ advice. We still love and hate, covet and desire. So we kill and maim and steal—not me, of course, but men who do not love HaShem’s holy Law.” “Only men?” “Women too. In truth, women would surely be as prone to sin as men, if”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra

“we do not understand history, are we not bound to repeat the mistakes our fathers made?” “Some would say we will make those mistakes in any case,” I answered, “for the same passions that motivated our fathers motivate us, and young people”
― Angela Elwell Hunt, Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra