A novel about Josephus

A NOVEL about Josephus:

THE GOSPEL
The Good News According To Josephus

THE GOSPEL
By: C.G. Weiss
ISBN: 1-4500-2787-3 (eBook )
ISBN13: 978-1-4500-2787-8 (eBook )
ISBN: 1-4500-2785-7 (Trade Paperback 6x9 )
ISBN13: 978-1-4500-2785-4 (Trade Paperback 6x9 )
ISBN: 1-4500-2786-5 (Trade Hardback 6x9 )
ISBN13: 978-1-4500-2786-1 (Trade Hardback 6x9 )

Pages : 275
Book Format :Trade Book 6x9
Subject :
FICTION / Historical

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Description

It takes place in the year 95 C.E. (A.D.) at the home of Flavia Sabena — a cousin to Emperor Domitian — on the last night of the Festival of Saturnalia. The hostess has invited eminent Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus, as guest of honor, to give readings from his works while they wait up all night in their annual solar vigil celebrating the mid-Winter Solstice. Among the guests are P. Cornelius Tacitus, the leading voice among Roman historians, and Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus the biographer of the Caesars. Opening with the “Star & Scepter” prophecy and a fl ashback to Isaiah, the action shifts to Josephus, who explains that what encouraged the zealot bandits who fomented this war, was an ambiguous oracle of a world ruler coming out of their country that was supported by their scriptural writings. But as it turned out, the oracle foretold the elevation of Vespasian, who was proclaimed Roman Emperor while he was in Judea.

Follow the link for author information and an excerpt from the book. If the excerpt is representative, a lot of the dialogue is taken from the works of Josephus and some of the other Festival guests. Not sure how well that would sustain a whole novel.