Adlai - Prologue. Prologue

The winds of change were swirling throughout the land; this ancient land; this Palestine. The Jewish people held strong religious ideals and a yearning for both spiritual and political freedom. And they were a disgruntled lot. Over time, they had split into factions each differently interpreting religious dictates as set down by their god, Yahweh.

Occasionally, rebellious leaders would arise, and being victorious, would usher in a short period of freedom for the whole Jewish population. Such periods were often short lived and the populace would then be subject again to foreign domination. But the memory of such liberty would never be forgotten, and in a way it became a commonly shared yearning for ultimate and long-lasting freedom.

The people groaned under heavy taxation, from both Rome and their own temple priests. The latter had adopted a luxurious lifestyle much at odds with the situation of the populace. There was deep and angry resentment.

Such was the situation in the village of Nazareth that confronted the carpenter Yusuf, his sons Tavi and Adlai ben Yusuf and their sister Magdella. Whilst Adlai was scholarly and introspective, his bother Tavi was a complete opposite. Tavi was a warrior, a hunter and a womaniser; he loved adventure and seemed to be always in trouble. He was also his father's favourite. Their peaceful lives were torn apart when an accidental event occurred that had profound and long lasting consequences.

So the stage was set for a spark of freedom to ignite the flames of discontent and so free the common people from the twin yokes of Rome and their own religious leaders.

Now read on . . . .