In her first novel in 14 years, the author combines real-life historical events with a dose of magical thinking.

Both Christian and Jewish people regard Moses’ parting the Red Sea as one of the most impressive miracles of God — or is it?

Q: Yet many people want to know whether the events of the Bible are real, historic events. Dever: We want to make the Bible history. Many people think it has to be history or nothing. But there is ...