Watchmen on the Walls: An Eyewitness Account of Israel's Fight for Independence from the Journal of Hannah Hurnard

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Summary: Watchmen on the Walls; Fight for Israel's Independence
Review: Hannah Hurnard went to Israel in 1932 and lived through the war for and acquisition of independence for the new nation in 1948; Actual accounts of the hardships and miracles of living through the war. Her resolve was monumental. A book that leaves you thinking, "How would I have lived through it?"

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: Hannah Hurnard's account of the turbulent times in Israel's earliest days makes for excellent reading as well as excellent research material. Her account centers on the siege of Jerusalem. This book is also fair to both sides in the Middle East conflict.

Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Review: Hannah Hurnard's account of the turbulent times in Israel's earliest days makes for excellent reading as well as excellent research material. Her account centers on the siege of Jerusalem. This book is also fair to both sides in the Middle East conflict.

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Summary: Hurnard's belief on God rather than a history book.
Review: This book is a little misleading. This is supposed to tell of the eyewitness account of the siege of Jerusalem and the birth of Israel. This is what it says on the cover, but in fact, most of the book talks about Hurnard's belief in God. It even goes into Biblical prophesy on the second coming when Israel was reborn. At least half of the book is devoted to Hurnard's belief. This is what I hate about born again people, they feel they have all the answers and the rest of us are pagans. Hurnard writes very little about what happened to her during the siege. She recounts stories about the shells and bombings of her neighborhood, but other than that, not much else.
The reader interested in the birth of Israel should avoid this book. This is a book about faith, and is more at home in the religion section.