The Tongues of Men or Angels

Acknowledgements

Deborah Bernard

Amanda Preston

Sarah Castleton

James Gurbutt

Sam Greenwood

Professor Yan Wong

Simon Pearlman

Clive Hebard

Hazel Orme

Emily Burns

Anna Davis

Elliot Soll

Meriam Mohammad

André Ivangine

Mum and Dad

The kindness and generosity of the peoples of the Bible lands, Turkey and Italy. With special thanks to La Maison d’Abraham in Jerusalem; Eva Gerbi and The Home in Rome; and the Rumshines camp in Jordan.

Manchester University, my alma mater, for the use of their research resources and for Professor Gerald Hammond, who perhaps planted the seed of this story, almost twenty years ago.