This story is a fictional story based on a real event that took place in Lebanon years ago. A woman was tortured by Christian militiamen and eventually killed. In evaluating this book we examine pages 65-76. No additional sources cited. Geographic features, family practices and religious majorities re all discussed and defined.
Bibliography lists two sources.
A four page overview of the major ideologies and leadership in Israel between the Monarchic Period and the Second Temple Period. Discusses the destruction of Jerusalem and the primary divisions in Judaism during the Second Temple Period. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Josephus is attributed with the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 66 C.E., but is credited with writing the only surviving history of the period that was not a religious text. For this reason, his works, 'The Jewish War,' 'Antiquities,' and 'Apion,' are used as a historical resource for the period, even though they are highly criticized.