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The Liars' Gospel

Episode 10

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Bar-Avo meets a follower of Jehoshuah, who believes that the preacher died and rose again.

The elderly rebel Bar-Avo encounters a follower of Jehoshuah, who believes that the preacher died and rose again.

In her challenging new novel, award-winning author Naomi Alderman ('Disobedience' and 'The Lessons') conjures the world of Roman-occupied Judea and the fate of a charismatic Jewish preacher named Yehoshuah. 

A year after Yehoshuah's death, four people tell their stories - his mother, Miryam; his former friend and follower Iehuda of Qeriot; the High Priest at the great Temple in Jerusalem, Caiaphas and the rebel, Bar-Avo. 

In today's episode, the elderly rebel Bar-Avo encounters a follower of Jehoshuah, who believes that the preacher died and rose again. 

Read by Hugo Speer and Stephanie Racine
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Produced by Emma Harding.

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Naomi Alderman's story of the life and death of a Jewish preacher in Roman-occupied Judea

By Naomi Alderman. Compelling and challenging fictional account of the life and death of a charismatic Jewish preacher in Roman-occupied Judea

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