Publisher's Synopsis
What 'Really' Happened in Century # 1? -"The war between Rome and Jerusalem deserves to be called one of the most important events in world history. If the Temple might still be standing today, the history of the world would be inconceivably different." - (Moses Hess; "Rome and Jerusalem.")It remains among history's most impacting factor today, with rising political chaos, mayhem and a renewed Messianic fervour. But what does history say that aligns with today's world events? Here, issues that remained shrouded and controversial are unfolded as never before with a renewed awakening. Seven years after Rome crucified Jesus, two decades before Paul of Tarsus emerged in Judea, this happened: -"So you are the only people who reject my divinity!" - [Caligula to the Jews; 37 AD/CE]The Great Revolt of the Jews, as defined in Flavius Josephus' first century writings, was not one for land or fame, or because of the misbehaving Jews who otherwise held prominent positions in the Empire. Rome's Emperors had good reason to stir, confronting an adversary more diabolical than any other: the only Monotheistic Belief of the time, one that was referred to as the Hebrew sorcery. The Historical record says none paid a higher price than the Jews, and, ironically, that it became the most contributing benefactor for Christianity. For if those stiff-neck Jews had succumbed to Caligula's demands to be worshiped as a God, would any of today's Monotheistic beliefs still prevail? In challenging Mighty Rome's Emperors, did the Jews sustain Christianity by default? -"Without Judaism there would be no Christianity, and only with Judaism has Christianity a relationship with origin." - (Hans Kung.) -"Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights. But we cannot be sure..." - (Paul Johnson; author of "A History of The Jews"). A new emerging assessment is debated anew: -Why did Mighty Rome pause from all of its greater wars with Persia, Germania and the Vikings, to focus on the miniscule precinct of Judea? -Why was the destruction of Jerusalem so vital and total, that the Holy Temple is burnt to the ground, every cubit of the city's earth ploughed open, incurring a Holocaust with a 1.5 Million human toll [prorate 50 Million today], of forbidding the Hebrew writings, and the Temple Priests burnt alive wrapped in Torah scrolls... why such a never-before extent of destruction by such a great super power?-What happened atop Masada?-What was Titus' message to leave one western wall standing?-How were the Dead Sea Scrolls saved from the raging Temple furnace?-Where lies the hidden Holy Ark that Titus was obsessed to find?-Why did Rome change Judea's name to Palestine?History's century of awe and wonder is accounted via a forbidden love between a Roman Road Builder and a brazen Hebrew Nazerite maiden. They saw, they understood, and therein did the underlying Judeo-Christian controversial binary evolve. Knowing this history has become essential in today's world of chaos and mayhem."Holy-War" is presented with a vast and active index of historical source references, quotes and pictorials.-"No Library is complete without this book - every page astounds. I never wanted it to end." - [Stanley Joseph - Director, Producer, Composer]. -"I could not put it down to take a breath" - [K. Solo]. -"I literally felt I was experiencing the events that have influenced our world to this day. Exhilarating!" - [Gregory James Green - Writer/Director] -"I'm proud of the people of Israel who in the moment of truth knew what was important" - [Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, Chairman of the Likud Party. [Twitter Quote]. -"Gods Are Gods - What Difference Which One?" Vespasian to the Jews. [Selected For Best Loglines/Festival for Drama in Film Screenplays] [For more Reviews please see under alternate title "Ben Hur I
