ENTER THE WORLD

History wrote down what they did.
It was less careful about what they would say if you could ask them a question.
So ask.
They have opinions.
Naturally.

Has the only phone. Would prefer fewer follow-up questions.

EXODUS · WILDERNESS

Moses

Has the only phone. Would prefer fewer follow-up questions.Ask the question history forgot to ask.

Packed for freedom. Still waiting for a usable itinerary.

EXODUS · WILDERNESS

Tamar

Packed for freedom. Still waiting for a usable itinerary.Ask the question history forgot to ask.

Was a god until a brickmaker's representative disputed the title.

EGYPT · MANAGEMENT

Pharaoh

Was a god until a brickmaker's representative disputed the title.Ask the question history forgot to ask.

Conquered Babylon. Somehow became somebody else's anointed one.

PERSIA · 539 BCE

Cyrus

Conquered Babylon. Somehow became somebody else's anointed one.Ask the question history forgot to ask.

ISRAELITE HIGHLANDS · AGE OF JUDGES

Beracha

She has the press. You have an opinion.A fictional olive-press owner in an ancient Israelite village.Ask the question history forgot to ask.

He gave an order. Apparently there are questions.

ROMAN JUDAEA · 26–36 CE

Pontius Pilate

He gave an order. Apparently there are questions.A historical Roman prefect, reimagined for conversation.Ask the question history forgot to ask.

He has an answer. There may be conditions.

YAVNEH · AFTER 70 CE

The Rabbi at Yavneh

He has an answer. There may be conditions.A fictional teacher in the world of the early rabbis.Ask the question history forgot to ask.

A house, a family, and several inconvenient bundles of cloth.

SPAIN · PORTUGAL · 1492–1497

David

A house, a family, and several inconvenient bundles of cloth.A fictional father living through the expulsions of Spain and Portugal.Ask the question history forgot to ask.