Hittite Warrior

by Joanne Williamson

Book Overview

Judea has always been the crossroads and battlefield of contending nations. It is no less so in this biblical time of Barak and Deborah. Uriah Tarhund s Hititte home is destroyed by invading Greeks.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883937388
• ISBN13: 9781883937386
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Bethlehem Books
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

10 year old boy

This story was among my favorite books. It is about a Hittite Lord whose land was captured by the Sea People so he flees to Tyre and makes some friends and then later has to leave and does many other things in the land of Cannan such as fights in a battle, is taken prisoner by the Egyptians and believes in the one God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This book will thrill you from beginning to end and you won't want to put it down, trust me!

Wish there was a sequel!

Uriah-Tarhund was a Hittite boy who lived near ancient Mesopotamia. Uriah's family is heartlessly killed by the invading Phoenicians and Uriah is left with no one, so he follows his father's dying wish that he flee to the home of Sisera in the neighboring land of Canaan. This book tells his adventures on the way and how the events lead him to turn away from the gods and goddesses he followed as a child and believe in the Hebrew God. He encounters a family in Tyre that must sacrifice their young nephew Jabin to the terrible god Moloch to appease him and thus bring easier days to their city. Uriah unintentionally becomes involved in a plot to rescue Jabin, and while traveling in secret with them, gets caught, and taken as prisoner to the very house and person and city he had been trying to reach. When Sisera, the king, realizes who Uriah is, he uses any excuse he can to set him free. As payment for Sisera's kindness and protection, he agrees to go to battle with the Canaanites against the Hebrews. Before the battle, he becomes friends with an Egyptian, Amos. They lose the battle, and Uriah and Amos are the only survivors. Uriah goes to Tyre, where he rescues Jabin's cousin from marrying a cruel Philistine and brings her to Jotham, her true love and the one who stole Jabin. He then finds that he doesn't have any respect whatsoever for the gods of his childhood, especially Moloch, but that all the events of his life have been leading him to the realization that the God of the Hebrews is the One true God, and that the real God wouldn't want human sacrifices. I liked this book because it taught me about lots of different interesting cultures and at the same time, it told a really great story. I think the author wrote this book to tell us to stand firm in what we believe in, but also to look at all the different answers. I hope that you'll read The Hittite Warrior. I REALLY recommend this book!

I couldn't put it down!

I'm a mom of three home-schooled girls, and I bought the book for them. I decided to read the first few pages to make sure that the reading level was appropriate for my oldest. I couldn't put it down! From the very beginning, the author gets you interested in this Hittite young man. The descriptions of the battles were interesting without being upsetting to children. Besides battles, there are horses, spies, lots of interesting information about what it might have been like to live during this time in history, and some good plot twists.

'...the hair rose on the back of my neck...

....at the enormity of the sacrilege.' Hittite Warrior tells about a Hittite boy, Uriah Tarhaund, and his adventures after his family is killed by the Greeks, or as they are refered to, the 'Sea People'. Told by his father, he promised to go to Siseria, a man in Canaan. He is brought to Tyre to be rewarded for saving a merchant from thieves. He is 'adopted' into the family. One of the servants of the merchants father, Ethbaal, saves a child from being sacrificed to their God, Moloch. Forced by the servant, Jotham, to come with him, he lives with Jotham's Hebrew tribe for a while. Keeping his promise, Uriah went to Siseria but was captured on the way. After being released he took part in defending Canaan from the Hebrews. He loses the battle and retreats across the river Kishon to Dor in the company of another soldier. He returns to Ethbaal to save his daughter, Mehitable, from the Philistines. The end of the story is very touching. I found the tale extremely intriguing. It had some facts regarding the structures of buildings, the chariots, etc... There is, for those of you who like war, a battle in the story. I find it a very good book for a person in their early teens.I also recommend: The Cat of Bubastes (G. A. Henty), For the Temple (G. A. Henty), The Golden Goblet (Eloise Jarvis McGraw)

Good historical fiction for homeschoolers

Takes an obscure period, and an obscure people and makes an interesting story. Historical fiction such as this is much more fun than textbooks. It's very readable with enough action to keep the attention of young readers. This clarifies who the Hittites were, where they lived and what happened to them.