![]() ![]() ![]() Archaeologists digging at the tell at Makor uncover artifacts from each layer, which then serve as the basis for a chapter exploring the lives of the people involved with that artifact. A parallel frame story set in Israel in the 1960s supports the historical timeline. Unlike most Michener novels, this book is not in strict chronological order. Prosaically, the name comes from a freshwater well just north of Makor, but symbolically it stands for much more, historically and spiritually. The Source uses, for its central device, a fictional tell (mound/hill) in northern Israel called "Makor" ( Hebrew: "source"). ![]() It is a survey of the history of the Jewish people and the land of Israel from pre-monotheistic days to the birth of the modern State of Israel. The Source is a historical novel by James A. ![]()
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