Novels about the times of the beis hamikdash/churban

rising hero

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 11:36 am

Im wondering if there are any such novels out there. Not about the story itself but set in those times. If you read or know of such a book please let me know. I will try to do a search myself and I will come back here to post if I find anything for whoever is interested. But I wanted to check here too for suggestions.

PeanutMama

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 11:42 am

The harp

It’s very very good.
I read it and it made me feel like I was really there.
It gives you like a different perspective

The Harp https://www.amazon.com/dp/1568.....59SA1

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rising hero

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 11:43 am

So far I found this.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/c...../amp/
Anyone read it?

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Rubber Ducky

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 11:43 am

The Harp by Meir Uri Gottesman:
https://www.amazon.com/Harp-Me.....13622

rising hero

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 11:43 am

Hashem_n_Farfel wrote:

The harp

It’s very very good.
I read it and it made me feel like I was really there.
It gives you like a different perspective

Will check it out tnx

amother

Cyan

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 11:45 am

The Harp is about the Churban. Pretty intense, a little gruesome.

If you want to read about Bayis Sheini, Morning Star (also by Meir Uri Gottesman) is a lot more upbeat and very educational about the Beis Hamikdash and Parah Adumah. One of my favorite books of all time!

mammale

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 11:53 am

There is one called flashbacks. It was interesting but fanciful, and unrealistic.
https://www.amazon.com/Flashba.....place

There is also a set written in novel form, but really for learning. It is set in the time of the beis hamikdosh, it describes through the eyes of a young boy the shalosh regolim, karbanos, bikurim etc. I forgot what it's called.

mammale

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 12:13 pm

http://www.jewishbooksforchild......html
Here is another one I happened upon... never read it..

PeanutMama

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 12:41 pm

mammale wrote:

Oh man I know what you’re talking about but I don’t remember the name either!!

amother

Amethyst

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 1:25 pm

And Rachel was his Wife.
Phenomenal book.

amother

Crimson

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 1:29 pm

The Morning Star. Same author as The Harp.
https://www.shopeichlers.com/p...../1675

amother

Crimson

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 1:30 pm

amother [ Amethyst ] wrote:

And Rachel was his Wife.
Phenomenal book.

Loved this book!

Also Akiva about Rabbi Akiva
https://www.amazon.com/Akiva-M.....QH5AW

BH Yom Yom

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 1:32 pm

amother [ Cyan ] wrote:

I second both of these recommendations! The Morning Star is one of my favorite novels.

Fast Forward

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 1:57 pm

Delayed Reaction by Yair Weinstock. It goes back and forth between 1996 Yerushalayim and the time of the second churban Bais Hamikdash.

esuss

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 1:59 pm

There is a whole series of books about a boy named naftali and the avoda in the Bais hamikdash. I believe one is called “the seven special weeks”. They do have a storyline. Excellent books.

rising hero

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 3:59 pm

Thanks so much now I have to find a library that I can borrow them from.

SuperWify

Fri, Jul 24 2020, 4:45 pm

I loved the uri gottesman books!

I also loved the dove keepers by Alice Hoffman but I wouldn’t read them on tisha bav (highly inappropriate...).

PinkFridge

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 10:18 am

Madam F. wrote:

Will check it out tnx

Do. It's magnificent.
MU Gottesman also wrote a book called Morningstar about the last Parah Adumah but I'd sooner read The Harp on Tisha B'Av as Morningstar has a secondary, contemporary story.
ETA: Great minds, I see Morningstar also came up.

And I also second Chains.