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Title: Denial of Sudduceism in Salem

Subtitle: Caught in a Devil's Cloyster for Witches

Author: Kathy Lee Jones

Narrator: Jim Johnston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-16

Publisher: WE CANT BE BEAT LLC

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Denial of Sadduceism in Salem: Caught in a Devil's Cloyster for Witches explores what it might have been like to live in Salem Village in the years between 1689 and 1693. Sadduceism was the belief that no such thing as ghosts, demons, witches, and other supernatural beings existed. To the minds of many who lived in that era that indicated a disbelief in God and in the teachings of the Bible. The King James translation of the Bible had been published in 1611, so educated people would have been able to read it. In England and in the Thirteen Colonies, people could be executed not only for the practice of witchcraft, but also for being Quakers, or for having any religion which deviated from the predominant beliefs, which were for the most part Puritanism and Calvinism. Among the Puritans of Salem Village, women were often heard, but had little real power. Women who were slaves, indentured servants or natives had even less power. It is into this environment that we bring a woman who is a Quaker, has already been imprisoned once for her beliefs, and has been trained as a midwife and doctor. She is, by all definitions, a Sadduceist - that is, a woman who believes in rational explanations for the events of the world.

Members Reviews:

A Quaker Story Set Near the Salem Witch Trials

Denial of Sudduceism in Salem: Caught in a Devil's Cloyster for WitchesThis is an interesting book that starts in England and moves to the 'New World.' The book is not so much about Salem as it is about the Quakers and the discrimination they suffered both in Europe and in America. There is also a lesson about indenture servitude, as the main character is both a Quaker and an indentured servant. The Salem Witch Trial does play a very minor role towards the end of the book, but I would definitely not consider it a witch trial book. It is an interesting look at life in Europe and the US during the time period of the Salem Witch trials. I would recommend this for teenagers and older, mostly because of the rape scenes. The scenes are not particularly graphic, but they may be disturbing to a younger teen. It is a quick read and focuses on the religious discrimination that drove people to the new world, and sometimes followed them here.

Salem

A very interesting book, I like how Kathy take down memory lane of witches. I caught my attention that I could not stop reading the book. Another thing that I like about this book is that it is not predictable. Discrimination has always been a problem in this world.

Salem witch from a different perspective!

I had to read this because of the very weird title. I happened upon an ancient text by accident while researching this term. "Pandaemonium or the Devils Cloyster, Being a further blow to Modern Sadduceism, proving the existence of Witches and Spirits," by Richard Bovet in 1684. The reason I bring this up is that this ancient book must be part of the source material Jones used for this book. Sadduceism is a rational approach to Christian scripture that apparently got people in trouble back in the old witch trial days. Basically if you didn't believe in witches you were denying the literal Word.

Anyway, historical segue aside, this book is a short clearly written tale of a woman moved to the American colonies in the late 1680's after being released from prison.