This Volume I of his forthcoming trilogy marks the first professional offering of David A. Linwood. Dr. Linwood obtained his formal training in literary writing during his years of study at the Uni...view moreThis Volume I of his forthcoming trilogy marks the first professional offering of David A. Linwood. Dr. Linwood obtained his formal training in literary writing during his years of study at the University of Chicago. He has prepared for this particular writing task over a period of ten years with background research based principally on Josephus’ Antiquities, and The Jewish Wars.
The material on Herod, the Great, is written in the context of actual historical events. The personae of Hannah and Miriam and their families are drawn from well-known people who lived in the era of the Second Jewish Commonwealth.view less