Review: A Believer
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2013
Daniel Klein, a professor of Semitic Languages, is not afraid to fight for what he believes. High tension develops along familiar lines of anti-Semitism versus Jewish extremists. Ancient manuscripts become focal points as hate-mongering bigots try to twist the Gordian knot until it squealed.An old acquaintance, who had been blackballed by the University, finds a sealed, antique jar in the desert. Inside is an ancient, extremely valuable, parchment manuscript. Martin Costa is attacked at the dig site, and is presumed to be dead. He had had a bad reputation. Now, he was intent on setting up Klein as a fall-guy.Saret knew how to yank human chains. Using a heavy Irish accent, she taunted Bar Tikva. "Beaten by a woman eh? And a shiksa at that? I guess that spells the end of the Jewish people." She pushed the correct buttonBar Tikva had the weakness of obsession, the primacy of his father's interpretation of the Bible, the sanctity of the Talmud, and the ingrained expectation of ethnic purity. Filled with rage, he lunged at her inside the cable car. Daniel dove at Bar Tikva and the big man sailed out of the cabin.Later, the treasure bag could not be located. The ketuba was lost. They had the parchments. They would add to the history of monotheism and to the sum of human knowledge. Martin Costa was still alive. People knew about the connection between Boudicca' s daughter and Bar Giora.Daniel realized that because the Jewish people had modernized they had bridged the gap between history and Destiny. They had held on with stubborn determination.Now, they would stride forward with vision clarity, holding fast to the unity which always gave them strength.