The Scrolls of Exile
From Jerusalem to Babylon (586 BCE)
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Jerusalem burns and falls under the iron of Nebuchadnezzar. Amid the smoke, Azariah, a young Levite apprentice, receives an impossible charge from his master: to take the scrolls of the Law out of the city and keep them alive. Bound to his body inside a clay vessel, the manuscripts travel with him as the long march east begins—through thirst, dust, sleepless nights, and the constant threat of the soldiers driving the captives toward Babylon.
Among those walking with Azariah are Hannah, who recites the Shema so as not to forget, and Nathan, whose impulse to escape will become a test of loyalty. On the other side is Bel-iddin, a Babylonian scribe who checks lists and seals with a severity that does not always hide his doubt. Step by step, the caravan crosses rivers and plains until the lapis-lazuli blue of the Ishtar Gate rises before them as both promise and judgment.
Torn between obeying the conqueror or safeguarding the memory of his people, Azariah must choose what to preserve, whom to protect, and what to sacrifice. From Jerusalem to Babylon is a novel of quiet resistance and hope: the journey of a young man who discovers that sometimes remembering is the highest form of faith.