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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780830851737 |
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Publisher: | InterVarsity Press |
Publication date: | 08/22/2017 |
Series: | A Week in the Life Series |
Pages: | 192 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.40(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
1 Where There's Smoke 7
2 Miryam of Pella 18
3 The Daughters of Jerusalem 30
4 Sorrow and Woe 35
5 A Tale of Lentils and Lentels 39
6 Levi's Flight 44
7 Respite in Jericho 53
8 Prophecy and Interpretation 60
9 Visitors in Worship 67
10 The Parting of the Ways 81
11 Julius Reports Back 87
12 The Travels and Travails of Torah 90
13 The End of Levi 96
14 Uncertain Paths 100
15 The House of the Fisherman 106
16 Another Journey Begins 112
17 Of Spices and Snakes 118
18 The Secrets of Bethsaida 129
19 The Remains of the Week 139
20 Prayers and Providence 145
21 Old Scrolls and New Scrolls 150
22 Family Reunion 155
Image Credits and Permissions 159
What People are Saying About This
"Three very important things happened in the first century AD: Jesus died on a Roman cross, Jesus was resurrected, and the city and temple of Jerusalem were captured and destroyed by the Romans. These three events, which took place within one generation, changed the world. The first two events have been discussed endlessly and have been dramatized in literature, theater, and cinema. But the third event, the fall of Jerusalem, has received very little attention. This is why I welcome Ben Witherington's imaginative but historically and culturally well-informed drama of what a week in the fall of Jerusalem might have been like. It's a fun read but also very informative and instructive."
"Ben Witherington's A Week in the Fall of Jerusalem invites readers to imagine what life would have been like for Jewish believers in Yeshua in the turbulent days of the First Jewish Revolt, a gripping story with which many are unfamiliar. While telling a good story and weaving it around familiar characters of the New Testament, Witherington also informs readers about many historical and cultural elements of the Jewish and Roman worlds of the late first century. Witherington's narrative of historical fiction engages the reader's imagination, bringing them into an experience of the life of early Jewish Yeshua-followers in the wake of the trauma of AD 70."
"With skill and drama, Ben Witherington takes us through what the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70 might have been like—fascinating, to say the least, and instructive as well."