| Jerusalem Interlude Contributor(s): Thoene, Bodie (Author), Thoene, Brock (Author) |
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ISBN: 1414301103 ISBN-13: 9781414301105 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: DISCOVER THE TRUTH THROUGH FICTION Zion beckons . . . but is it really the ???Land of Promise???? In August 1938 Hitler??'s Brownshirts conquer Czechoslovakia. German Jews are deported in cattle cars to Poland, the country of earlier pograms. Other Jews flee to Palestine, the Promised Land of their dreams . . . only to be imprisoned behind barbed wire upon their arrival. Musicians Shimon and Leah Feldstein, two of the ???lucky ones, ??? are allowed to disembark from their rusting ship. Yet even in the Holy City, darkness lurks. The Muslim Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Adolf Hitler secretly join forces to eradicate the Jews from the earth. Is there no place that??'s safe for Shimon and Leah? for the esteemed Rabbi Lebowitz and his family? for the Jew Eli Sachar and Muslim Victoria Hassan???in love but separated by the highest walls of religion and tradition? ALSO INCLUDED: Study guides suitable for individual use or group discussion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Christian - Historical - Fiction | Romance - Historical - 20th Century - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004019780 |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Series: Zion Covenant (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.95 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian - Event - Summer Vacation Reading |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10424 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Opening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central Europe under the dangerous and deceitful guise of Hitler's Third Reich. A new study guide is included in each book. |