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The Deadly Scrolls : The Jerusalem Mysteries - Ellen Frankel

The Deadly Scrolls

By: Ellen Frankel

Hardcover | 10 May 2022

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Set in modern Jerusalem and among the desert ruins of Qumran, this desperate hunt for an ancient treasure scroll pits a female Israeli intelligence agent against a religious fanatic hell-bent on bringing about the End of Days.

An American professor’s murder reveals his discovery of a lost Dead Sea Scroll, whose text encodes the secret hiding places of the lost Second Temple Treasures. Israeli intelligence agent Maya Rimon races against time to stop a religious extremist from launching a deadly terrorist attack at the next Blood Moon, triggering the Apocalypse in the holy city of Jerusalem.

The story centers around a genuine historical artifact, the so-called Copper Scroll, whose many secrets still remain undeciphered by contemporary scholars and treasure hunters. Despite decades of searching, not a single one of these invaluable treasures has ever been found.

Laced with clever spycraft, encrypted electronic files, mysterious ancient puzzles, plastique explosives, car chases, and Sherlockian ratiocination, The Deadly Scrolls explores the timely theme of fanaticism: among Christian millennialists, Jewish messianists, Islamic terrorists, Israeli politicians, Orthodox Jews, conspiracy theorists, devout Zionists—and spies. In other words, it’s a Jewish Da Vinci Code!
Industry Reviews
"Whilst taking the reader through the amazing geography of the desert ruins of Qumran and modern Jerusalem and weaving together ancient and modern elements of religion, archaeology, politics, fundamentalism and more, the book explores the important theme of fanaticism across various religious and political divides.

I also loved the female lead character—Maya who must balance her complex life of working in Israeli intelligence whilst being a single mother fighting a custody battle over her daughter. She is intelligent and steadfast, refusing to give up despite multiple challenges.

Ellen Frankel's years of scholarship in Jewish texts really shine through in this book—a Jewish Da Vinci Code!"

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