Bedtime Story For Grownups
What follows is a bedtime story of a different kind—a bedtime story for grownups. It is a true story, though the events occurred long ago. Background: history records that ten of the Hebrews’ twelve tribes had split into a northern kingdom, which called itself Israel. The remaining two tribes comprised the southern kingdom of Judah, after the patriarch of the same name. Judah’s homeland was called Judea and his descendants were known as “Jews.” The great city of Jerusalem, in which stood the fabulous…