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Wormwood and Gall (eBook, ePUB)

The Destruction of Jerusalem and the First Gospel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On a late summer's day during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, the world seemingly ended for the Hebrew people of Palestine; tens of thousands died as Roman legions torched Jerusalem and demolished the Holy Temple, the very dwelling place of the Lord God Almighty of Israel. As blood-swollen gutters ran red and the smoke of hellfire blackened the sky, where was God? Was there meaning to life? To death?

The Great Roman-Jewish War was a watershed moment--no, more than that, an apocalypse in which the end of the world seemed near--not only for the Hebrew people, but also for emerging Christianity, and Wormwood and Gall remembers this oft-forgotten setting for an early, important chapter in the history of the church. Amid death and destruction, the dispirited remnant of the followers of Jesus, who had been awaiting the return of their crucified messiah for four decades, needed encouragement and words of hope. In response, an unknown person compiled the good news narrative that has come to be known as "the Gospel according to Mark."

Wormwood and Gall is a fictionalized account of the birth pangs of the early church against the background of revolution, civil war, and apocalyptic devastation. Although Wormwood and Gall fictionalizes the characters behind the compilation of this gospel, the novel attempts to accurately recreate the events, chronology, and apocalyptic milieu of the Roman-Jewish War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wretched Man Publications
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781088155493
• Artikelnr.: 68137685

Autorenporträt

The author enjoyed a golden childhood while growing up in a small Minnesota town. He earned a BA with High Distinction in History from Dartmouth College and a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School. He served with an Army Ranger Company in Vietnam earning a pair of bronze stars for valor in combat. He practiced law as a civil trial attorney for a quarter century, and he was also the founder of a Caribbean travel company. One of his indie-published books was honored as a Minnesota Book Award finalist, a second honored as a Midwest Book Award finalist, and a third is optioned to a Hollywood screenwriter/director. The author and his wife reside in a lake home in northern Minnesota where their three adult children, their spouses, and grandchildren are frequent visitors.