George Dannenberg

Anno Domini LXX George Dannenberg

It is my goal in writing this novel to show that the Jewish/Roman historian, Flavius Josephus in his book, The Wars of the Jews or The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem actually recorded evidence of the fulfillment of biblical prophecy culminating in the total leveling of the temple which validates the Preterist position. He recorded that a judgment such as the world had never seen came upon Judea, Jerusalem and the Temple in AD 70 (The Wars, Book VI, Chapter 9, Sections 428, 429). Elsewhere, he noted that Rome devastated the country, leveled Jerusalem, and destroyed and desolated the temple (The Wars, Book VI, Chapter 10, Section 442). This novel has been written to be as close to both biblical and secular history as possible. Sometimes events have been modified for effect. But the main characters: Josephus, Vespasian, Nero, Titus and Nicanor are real people that played a role in the history of the first century. Among the biblical characters: Jesus, Peter, Paul, and John are real. The main character, Benjamin, is a fictional creation. He is a Jew who believed in Jesus as the Messiah and who mistakenly fights against Rome. He survives both the siege of Jotapata and the murder/suicide pact created by Josephus - a sort of first century "Every Man" caught up in those age-changing whirlwind events.