Characters
Daniel’s younger sister who struggles with fear.
Leah
Daniel lives here at the beginning of the novel.
The mountains/Hills/ Rosh's camp
The “bronze bow” represents this.
What is strength from God?
A Jewish house of worship.
What is a synagogue?
"We can never know. God hides the future from man's eyes. We are forced to choose, not knowing. I have chosen Jesus."
Who is Simon, to Daniel.
The girl who befriends Daniel and Joel, and helps care for Leah.
Thacia (Malthace)
Daniel’s parents died this way.
1. Father was crucified
2. Mother died of heartbreak (starvation, hopelessness)
This theme shows Daniel’s greatest struggle with the Romans.
What is hatred vs. forgiveness?
A person fanatical about their religious or political cause.
What is a zealot?
“We will fight for freedom until death.”
Who is Daniel, to Joel and Thacia.
The leader of the outlaw band in the hills.
Rosh
Daniel’s job after he returns to the village.
Blacksmith
Leah's garden symbolizes this throughout her arc in the novel.
What is growth and resurrection?
Prolonged cruel or unjust control.
What is oppression?
“He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.”
Who is Joel to Daniel, from Old Testament
Daniel's original employer who mistreated him, causing him to flee to the hills.
Amilek
When attacking the Romans to save Joel, who dies and why is their death particularly tragic?
Nathan, and he just got married.
Rosh's Mountain/ the Cave represents this in The Bronze Bow.
What is darkness, hatred, empty revenge?
Someone living outside of legal protection.
What is an outlaw?
“Can’t you see, Daniel? Jesus has come to give us life, not to destroy it.”
Who is Thacia, to Daniel.
The young Roman legionnaire who befriends Leah through conversations over the garden wall
Marcus
The important Christian event (location) in which Jesus and Daniel have the pivotal conversation about "the kingdom".
The Upper Room (Upper Room Discourse)
This is the theme that Jesus instills in Daniel by the end of the novel.
What is love is stronger than hate?
The act of pardoning someone for a wrong.
What is forgiveness?
“That is not a vow of hate. Go in peace, my son. You are not far from the kingdom.”
Who is Jesus, speaking to Daniel