Synopses & Reviews
Did Romes first century rulers know of Jesus? Why and how did Rome force the Jewish heartland into a suicidal rebellion? Why did Rome almost destroy itself so soon after the height of its glory? How did the first Christians survive and even grow? The years AD. 31-71 were among the most turbulent in human history, and All Gods Children is the most complete account ever assembled of how the Christians and Jews challenged the Roman world -- and why the degeneracy of their political overlords paved the way. All Gods Children is a factual history, but one using a fictitious narrator and the historical novel genre in order to reach beyond scholars to a mass audience. By seeing the first century through the eyes of Attalos, a Greek ex-slave and Roman immigrant who writes in A.D. 80, the reader is drawn into first century life before the existence of popes, crusades and cathedrals to the narrators world of Olympic gods, rigid aristocracy and tormented masses. The result is a griping, inspiring tale of courage and compassion in a world of debauchery and despotism.
Synopsis
Using the historical novel as its rostrum and a Greek ex-slave as its narrator,
All God's Children compresses the works of ancient writers into a factual history that is riveting and inspiring.
These critical-but-confusing 40 years from the crucifixion of Jesus to the destruction of the mighty Jewish temple at Jersulam are explained in chronological order to help you understand how people and events in the Roman Jewish and Christian worlds all shaped each other's destinies. And through these pages you'll come to know such powerful figures as Caesar Augustus, Herod the Great, Herod Agrippa, Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Seneca, Peter, Paul, Mark, and John.
Along the journey, you'll learn about how the first churches were formed and the earliest New Testament works compiled in a civilization teeming with pagan religions and rituals.
Most of all, you'll gain insight into why ordinary people were driven to embrace a message that spoke of God's grace and man's worth.