Joel from the start of
this excellent novel is paired up with Daniel. They are both eighteen years old and appear
together in the first chapter. Likewise, both Joel and Daniel are filled with nationalistic zeal
against the Roman overlords that have controlled their country for so long. Both desire and
yearn for the end of the occupation of the Romans. Note how he is described in Chapter
One:
He was Joel bar Hezron, the red-cheeked boy who used
to come to the synagogue...
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