As a Christian, I have always viewed the first and second centuries C.E. through the lens of early church writings and perspective. I am grateful for Miriam Feinberg Vamosh’s novel, THE SCROLL, for its vivid portrayal of the same time period but offered from the viewpoint of the vanquished Jews. The novel succeeds admirably in drawing readers into the Jewish struggle against Roman oppressors from the time of Masada’s downfall in 73 C.E. onward through the Bar Kochba rebellion a half-century later. Each succeeding generation faces the choice of resisting or submitting to the enemy.
THE SCROLL by Miriam Feinberg Vamosh
