num_pages: 518
description: Winner: Gold Medal (tie), Religious Fiction, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book AwardsWinner: Silver Medal, Historical Fiction, 2021 eLit AwardsWinner: Silver Medal (tie), Religious Fiction, 2021 eLit AwardsWinner: Best Historical Fiction, 2020 Book Publicists of Southern CaliforniaIndie Reader Approved!The year is 66 A.D. Nero rules the world as Caesar. Judea is a client state of Rome. The taxes are doubled and the Judeans refuse to pay. The Judeans mock the Romans for their avarice; the Romans respond by murdering thousands of Judeans.A revolt ensues. The Judeans expel or kill every Roman in Jerusalem.Emperor Nero sends his greatest general, Vespasian to restore Roman order in the Holy Land.A young Judean high priest &amp; scholar, Joseph son of Matthias is sent to Galilee as governor to prepare the area for the eventual return of Roman armed forces. Joseph builds fortifications, raises city walls, trains armies, and forges weapons. After a forty-seven day siege, the Romans take the city of Jotapata and capture Joseph.Joseph survives a death march through the desert and is put on a ship from Caesarea to Rome where he is to face spectacle execution. After surviving a fiery Colosseum battle, he becomes the toast of Rome, and Flavius Josephus is born.What comes next changes the course of history.Experience the 1st Roman-Jewish war culminating with the total destruction of Jerusalem from the eyes of Josephus. Decide for yourself if Josephus is a Jew, Roman, traitor, or opportunist. One thing is certain: you will be entertained!30 original illustrations throughout personally commissioned by the author.
language: English
title: Josephus
publisher: Studio Antz, LLC