Lady Liberty

About the Book

The Statue of Liberty holds a special place in the hearts of Americans, the people of France, and freedom lovers throughout the world. But up until now, the full story behind its origins has not been told. Author Richard N. Rhoades peels back the mystery surrounding the icon, explaining how French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi looked to a Roman goddess to serve as the model for the statue. On Oct. 28, 1886, at the unveiling ceremony, President Grover Cleveland praised Bartholdi’s goddess statue as “greater than all that have been celebrated in ancient song.” But Rhoades goes beyond the historical data and examines the statue’s pagan origins by analyzing Scripture. He establishes that the most revealing chroniclers of the Statue of Liberty were the Hebrew prophets who predicted the building and setting of an image of the Great Goddess of the ancient world on her own pedestal in a latter day country code-named “the land of Shinar.” Discover the real origins of the Statue of Liberty, its adoption by the American people as a national icon and its historical and biblical significance in Lady Liberty: The Ancient Goddess of America.

About the Author

Richard Rhoades holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from Pasadena Nazarene College (now Point Loma College in San Diego, California), and a Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is also the author of Faith of the Ages: The Hebraic Roots of the Christian Faith and The Babylon Code: Is AMERICA In Prophecy? He currently lives in California.