num_pages: 315
description: Smart strong and a follower of the Jewish God Lydia has nonetheless always quietly conformed to the expectations of the wealthy Roman society surrounding her. Even though married off at fifteen to a man she dislikes she is determined to be a faithful wife. But when her husband is killed some years later Lydia vows never to remarry and returns to her father's house in Thyatira with her twelve-year-old daughter. There a new life begins to emerge. // As she is trained in the family dye business Lydias shrewd management quickly creates profit prestigeand envy. At odds with her jealous brother who is a staunch Roman and can't understand her obsession with the Jewish religion Lydia finds herself yet again at the mercy of a patriarchal society. Will fleeing to Philippi be enough to protect herself and those under her care? Will she keep her vow to widowhood when a handsome Greek God-fearer turns out to be more than just an employee? And when she meets a strange man named Paul the apostle by the river one Sabbath day will Lydia have the courage to once more let her life be dramatically changedthis time forever?
language: English
title: Lydia, Woman of Philippi
publisher: Whitaker House