A historical and espionage novel with this book where we travel in Israel, to Jerusalem both today, yesterday, and even the day before yesterday. The author introduces us to this thrice holy city, at once the cradle of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
It all begins with an investigation by an American journalist who, based on old documents, searches for traces of a treasure. But one must understand what this treasure is: gold, bars? Yes, but also a decoding of the Bible, a means to understand it.
Marek Halder takes us on a search for this treasure, which some see only as gold bars. An old bookseller might have the answer, but he is murdered. Why? Why mustn’t the profound meaning of these old documents, some of which are over a thousand years old, be revealed?
The Mysteries of Jerusalem is also an analysis and explanation of the Bible, a theological work. The pace is brisk with the Israeli secret services, the Russians, Iraqis, and Arabs.
A book to better understand the tumultuous history of this region where three religions meet and clash, and where peace seems impossible—a peace that has never existed in this so-called Holy Land since time immemorial. Forever invaded, crossroads, and cradle of several civilizations, this city of Jerusalem is eternal.
Thierry Jan, writer
