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Hanina My Son: A Novel of the First Century
Hanina My Son A Novel of the First Century Author:Andrew Sanders A prophet? A healer? An agent of God? Based on a true account of the per-Mishnaic era, Hanina My Son is Andrew Sanders' tale of the colorful and accomplished life of a great sage, Hanina Ben Dosa. "The book paints an elaborate picture of the world of the sages in the context of a sweeping historical novel which combines well-known figures fro... more »m rabbinical sources with characters created in the author's mind. Mozna'im Israel Journal Hanina had been a great first century Jewish scholar living in the turbulent times of Roman-occupied Israel. Hanina's life is viewed through the eyes of the fictitious Archinas the Proselyte, Hanina's son-in law. Sanders gets inside the minds of first century Jewry by highlighting their sectarian and political struggles and understanding the motivation of groups such as the Essenes, Zealots, and the Nazarene Jews (early Christianity), the development of Judaism's Oral Law, and the terrible shock that came in the wake of the destruction of the Second Temple and the subsequent recovery of the Jewish spirit.« less