Hoffman’s novel, and this two-part adaptation, tell the story of the siege through the perspective of two women (in the novel it’s four). After a long siege, the people inside killed themselves rather than give in to the Romans. In 70 CE, a group of Jews, the Zealots, who had been expelled from Jerusalem sequestered themselves in this desert fort to fight off the conquering Roman army. (The second half airs on Wednesday at the same time.) The Dovekeepers is also produced by Burnett and Downey (though she doesn’t star this time around), and it’s the only one that doesn’t dip into the nearly dry well of the Sunday school retelling of the life and times of Jesus Christ.īased on the book by Alice Hoffman, The Dovekeepers tells the story of the only two women who survived the siege at Masada. But the most interesting Bible-inspired miniseries debuts on Tuesday night on CBS at 9pm ET.
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