Beyond the Desert Gate
by Ray, MaryFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-02-01
Publisher(s): Ignatius Press
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Summary
Palestine, first century A.D.-the Jews have revolted against Roman occupation. The ten Greek cities of Palestine-the Decapolis-want only to continue their peaceful trading existence, but they find themselves caught in the middle of the uprisings. Apollodorus, a merchant of Philadelphia, takes a risk and rescues a man whom a Roman patrol has left to die in the desert. When Apollodorus is killed by robbers, his three sons are left almost penniless and must each find a way for themselves. Philo, the youngest, is befriended by Xenos, the man saved from the desert, who has lost his memory. From him the boy learns the art of the scribe, and together they try to find their identity-one from the past, the other for the future. A serious story of an important time in history. Sequel to The Ides of April.
Table of Contents
| Author's Note | p. vii |
| Men From the Desert | p. 1 |
| A Cohort of the Xth | p. 13 |
| The Horses of Chares | p. 26 |
| A Cloud over the Sun | p. 35 |
| The Fifty-Fourth Day | p. 45 |
| The Reckoning | p. 55 |
| Decimus | p. 67 |
| The Destruction at Noonday | p. 78 |
| The Man in the Alley | p. 87 |
| Gorion the Scribe | p. 97 |
| Auxiliary Recruit | p. 106 |
| A Vision of Jerusalem | p. 119 |
| South! | p. 127 |
| Eleazer | p. 137 |
| The End of the Siege | p. 147 |
| The Hope Beyond Hope | p. 155 |
| Night in the Desert | p. 165 |
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