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Amit Arad

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In 2008, I came across an article about the Judean Desert scrolls and was amazed to understand that I did not know the truth about Judaism in the period of pre-Christianity. This discovery led me to an in-depth study of the period, which evolved into the understanding of the Maccabees Rebellion and the creation of the Hasmonean kingdom that dominated the land of Israel for a hundred years, and later on the performance of Christianity on the one hand and rabbinical Judaism on the other.

As a keen fan of historical novels and films based on historical novels, it was clear to me that it was the right way to tell and spread the story. The result was the historical novel series "The Lions of Judea", and in between, I composed "The Experiment," a ...more

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The Rise of the Maccabees When I wrote the Lions of Judea series, I felt a sense of mission, but these days it has intensified.

The Lions of Judea books are deep, most emotional, and educational introduction of the Jewish people, through a gripping historical novel that describes the geopolitical and internal circumstances that led to the Maccabee rebellion against the Seleucid empire.

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