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    Jesus and Menachem: A Historical Novel in the Time of the Second Temple
    Jesus and Menachem: A Historical Novel in the Time of the Second Temple
    Jesus and Menachem: A Historical Novel in the Time of the Second Temple
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    Jesus and Menachem: A Historical Novel in the Time of the Second Temple

    By Siegfried E. van Praag

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    Jesus and Menachem places Jesus (Jeshua) in the historical context of the Roman occupation of Judea Second Temple period The fictional character of Menachem is introduced to deepen and clarify the relationship between Jesus, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Zealots, and Rome.

    In a1949 review in Commentary magazine, this book is compared favorably to The Nazarene by Sholem Asch. Menachem fights the Romans at the side of the Zealot Ben-Necher, killing them as he murmurs "thou shalt not kill." He loves Jesus, but does not believe in him as Jesus would have him believe. He is not a Pharisee, and yet cannot be against the Pharisees. When Pontius Pilate offers the Jews a choice between Barabbas the "robber" and Jesus the "negator of God," he refuses to choose, for Barabbas is not a robber but a Zealot, and Jesus not a negator of God but perhaps a Messiah. Van Praag has painted Palestine with a simplicity, containing nothing unnecessary or barbarous, with a palpable mellowness which can be touched, inhaled, heard on every page.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWipf and Stock
    Release dateMay 2, 2013
    ISBN9781621896951
    Jesus and Menachem: A Historical Novel in the Time of the Second Temple
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    Siegfried E. van Praag

    Siegfried Emanuel van Praag was a prolific Dutch Jewish writer of over sixty books. The rise of Nazism considerably impacted his life and provoked a consequent preoccupation with Jewish culture and identity--specifically Dutch Jewish culture and the newly formed country of Israel.

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