The year is 999 A.D. Christians in Europe are preparing themselves for the arrival of the Messiah at the millennium and religious fervour is in the air. Sailing

Amillennialism, dispensational premillennialism, historic premillennialism, postmillennialism, preterism. These are difficult words to pronounce and even harder

It is 999; Ben Attar, a North African Jewish merchant, has for many years been in partnership with his nephew Abulafia. When Abulafia marries a German Jew who d