Title: The island of the innocent
Description: The story is set in the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. The author contrasts Greek culture with Judaism in a novel set in the time of the Maccabees rebellion, when the Jews overcame the Seleucide Empire (established by the Greeks) and reduced the influence of Hellenism in Israel and Judea.
Subjects: Maccabees, Fiction, Jews, History