{"product_id":"9781450027878","title":"THE GOSPEL: The Good News According To Josephus","description":"It takes place in the year 95 C.E. (A.D.) at the home of Flavia Sabena - a cousin to  \u003cbr\u003eEmperor Domitian - on the last night of the Festival of Saturnalia. The hostess has  \u003cbr\u003einvited eminent Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus, as guest of honor, to give  \u003cbr\u003ereadings from his works while they wait up all night in their annual solar vigil celebrating  \u003cbr\u003ethe mid-Winter Solstice. Among the guests are P. Cornelius Tacitus, the leading voice  \u003cbr\u003eamong Roman historians, and Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus the biographer of the Caesars.  \u003cbr\u003eOpening with the \"Star \u0026amp; Scepter\" prophecy and a fl ashback to Isaiah, the action shifts to  \u003cbr\u003eJosephus, who explains that what encouraged the zealot bandits who fomented this war,  \u003cbr\u003ewas an ambiguous oracle of a world ruler coming out of their country that was supported  \u003cbr\u003eby their scriptural writings. But as it turned out, the oracle foretold the elevation of  \u003cbr\u003eVespasian, who was proclaimed Roman Emperor while he was in Judea.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128644944112,"sku":"9781450027878","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450027878_p0.jpg?v=1763831727","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450027878","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}