‘The Blood of Birds’ is the debut novel from Jay Bailey. He speaks with Eve Harow about combining his interests in biblical archaeology, historical fiction and modern and ancient Israel to write a book based on the biblical precept of cities of refuge. Despite major research we don’t know if they were ever established, so Jay tells stories of (invented) men in King David’s era who had inadvertently taken a life and escaped to avoid tribal vengeance.
The book gives much food for thought about an enigmatic period of time and the beginnings of the monarchy.
It’s good that honor killings are a thing of the past…..
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