Amalek
Amalek is the blacksmith to whom Daniel had been sold for a period of ten years. Amalek may be fairly well-to-do because he has at least two indentured servants working for him, Daniel and Simon. Although Amalek has had some financial success in life, he dies without “a relative to his name, nor friend either.”
Daniel bar Jamin
Eighteen-year-old Daniel has escaped slavery by living in the hills above Galilee. When Daniel meets Joel and Thacia, it has been five years since he has seen anyone from his hometown. He has been...
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