The Rabbi’s Knight
Michael J. Cooper
Type: ARC
Genre: Historical fiction, mystery, romance
Word count: 105,000
In the year 1290, Knight Templar Jonathan St. Clair apprentices himself to Rabbi Samuel of Baghdad to learn how teachings of the Kabbalah might unlock the secrets of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Accompanied by Zahirah, a young woman avoiding service in the harem of an emir by hiding in a leper colony, they journey to Jerusalem to fulfill their sacred destiny. Please note: this book is only available in PDF format.
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In the year 1290, war-weary Crusader, Jonathan St. Clair is garrisoned in the port city of Acre. In possession of an ancient scroll with a cryptic Kabbalistic inscription, St. Clair learns that it may hold the key to unlock the secrets of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. But time is running out—no scholars in Acre can decipher the inscription, Acre will soon come under siege, and the one man able to divine the scroll’s meaning, Rabbi Samuel of Baghdad, has been targeted for assassination. St. Clair travels deep into enemy territory to apprentice himself to Rabbi Samuel and they travel to Jerusalem. On the way they’re joined by a beautiful and independent young Muslim woman who has been avoiding service in the harem of a local emir by hiding in a leper colony. Together, they journey to Jerusalem to fulfill their shared and sacred destiny as guardians of the Temple Mount.
Michael Cooper writes prize-winning historical fiction set in the Holy Land at major historical turning points—all promoting coexistence. Novels include; Foxes in the Vineyard set in 1948, Wages of Empire and its sequel Crossroads of Empire set in 1914-1915. A just-published prequel, The Rabbi’s Knight is set in 1290.
Emigrating to Israel after high school, Cooper spent the next decade attending Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University Medical School. Returning to US to specialize in pediatric cardiology, he practiced in Northern California for 40 years. Though now retired, he continues volunteer missions serving Palestinian children without access to care.
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