The Jerusalem Scrolls (2001 Thoene), novel

The Jerusalem Scrolls (2001) is a novel by Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene.

Abstract

Book Four of the Zion Legacy series, set in the days of the battle for Jerusalem in 1948. In an exciting twist to the series, the book takes the story back in time... After days of brutal fighting, the Israeli forces, overpowered by the Arabs and running out of supplies, are positioned for defeat. Moshe Sachar, their courageous leader and one of only few Israelis remaining in the Old City, has followed the dying wishes of an elder rabbi and has escaped into a secret tunnel under the city, where sacred scrolls that tell the history of their faith and people are safely hidden. Moshe opens a scroll and becomes immersed in the extraordinary story from the first century A.D. of Miryam, a beautiful yet troubled young widow, and Marcus, her Roman suitor. While Marcus, a centurion who is fighting to keep his position in the empire in the face of corrupt officials and a native population on the brink of rebellion, feels passionately for her, Miryam, shamed by an act of sin and haunted by the death of her mother, is still searching for true meaning in her life. When a mysterious prophet threatens the security of the Roman empire, Miryam's quest for love and forgiveness puts them all in the middle of a dangerous, manipulative plot that will change the course of history." -- Book cover

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