Cetatea blestemată

by John R. Carling, Cristina Giurgiu (Translator)

Cetatea blestemată este o carte în care veţi descoperi cu oroare cum, în timpul greu al unui asediu unde înfometarea cauzează mii de victime, sentimentele de omenie sunt uitate, culminând chiar cu anularea completă a sentimentului matern. Războiul crunt dintre romani şi iudei face ca blestemul să se abată asupra cetăţii Ierusalimului, iar distrugerea Templului demonstrează inevitabilitatea pedepsei divine.

Iubirea, ura, prietenia sinceră, rivalitatea – toate acestea se împletesc alcătuind un roman de o frumuseţe exotică, un roman captivant şi plin de surprize până la ultima filă. Povestea fascinantă a frumoasei Vashti parcurge întregul roman ca o picătură de miere într-un râu de durere şi pelin.
Cetatea blestemată este locul unde s-a întâmplat istoria, este locul unde s-a scris o fascinantă poveste de iubire.

Profeţia rostită de Isus despre cucerirea Ierusalimului şi dărâmarea Templului s-a împlinit mai repede decât şi-au putut închipui cei cărora le-a fost adresată. După un asediu cumplit şi lung de o jumătate de an, trupele romane au cucerit Ierusalimul, iar pe 29 august 70 d.H., un soldat roman a incendiat sanctuarul Templului, ceea ce a dus la distrugerea completă a edificiului.
Cetatea a fost distrusă din temelie, iar printre obiectele luate de Titus ca pradă de război şi duse la Roma s-a numărat şi menora sau sfeşnicul cu şapte braţe.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction

348 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1910

Reviews

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[Estera Patcas · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Carmen Cocar · Rating 1 out of 5]

If goodreads would allow me to give zero stars to this book, I would rate it so. It is a poorly written piece of...of...written-something. My mother and aunt read it in Romanian and have lauded the praises of this "masterpiece! brilliant piece of literature! exceptional book!" - so I finally found it in English and read...ahem, attempted to read it. I did not finish it; I will not finish it. Reading it is like eating food with sand mixed in, painfully irritating and spit-inducing. I honestly wanted this book to be good. The sloppy writing of this mushy, overly-dramatic nonsense is tolerable only to a certain point. To anyone out there who is thinking of reading this, I say don't. Don't waste your time; there are plenty of other books out there worth your time.

[Raluca Iarca · Rating 1 out of 5]

Even though this book was included in the same category as Sienkiewicz's "Quo Vadis" for its theme-the early beginnings of Christianity, I would not compare the two. I found this book to be pretty shallow, both in the way of the descriptions and character development, as well its ability to stir emotions in my soul.
I only finished the book because I'm not a quitter, otherwise....
Honestly, I read children's books more meaningful than this one.
Would not recommend.

[Alex Vilt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice story about the fall of Jerusalem. The author describes the main beliefs during that time with all the tensions and the effects on the society.
It goes on later describing the pain of a siege during a brutal war and how desperate the defenders can become when they reach the starvation point.

[Daniela V. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Căderea Ierusalimului

[Levi Izvernar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Astfel prevenita, Vashti incepu:
- “pentru ce scoate poetul grec Bianor, intro aluzie la fabula lui Arion aruncat in mare de marinari si salvat de delfini, din acest exemplu urmatorul invatamant: ca moartea vine de la om, iar scaparea de la pesti?”

[Rose on aish · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book, because it was so interesting and I could learn a lot. This is a book in which you'll discover with horror how hard it is during a siege, through which starvation causes the death of thousands of people, feelings of humanity are forgotten, culminating even in cancelling maternal feelings. It's about the brutal war between the Romans and Jews, and about the destruction of the Temple which demonstrates the inevitability of divine punishment. Love, hate, friendship, rivalry- a novel full of surprises and exciting to the last page. Fascinating story of a beautiful girl named Vashti, which goes through the entire novel. This book is based on the truth, it's how it happened in the past- history! The prophecy spoken by Jesus about the conquest of Jerusalem and the demolition of the temple happened faster than they (those to which it was addressed) could imagine.

I highly recommend this book to all Israel- and Jesus-lovers!