Watching ‘The Dovekeepers’ miniseries on March 31 and April 1?

“The Dovekeepers” by Alice Hoffman has been turned into a miniseries airing on CBS (Channel 12 in Providence) March 31 and April 1. The four-hour series, which runs from 9-11 p.m. each night, is set in Israel and based on the events at Masada in 70 C.E. The events are told from the perspective of few extraordinary women.

The show stars Cote de Pablo, Rachel Brosnahan and Kathryn Prescott in the title dovekeeper roles, Sam Neill as first-century Jewish scholar and historian Josephus, and Diego Boneta as a star warrior of the Jewish army at Masada.

Though we do not know how well the television version follows Alice Hoffman’s book by the same name, we thought that these reader’s discussion questions prepared by the Jewish Book Council might add to your viewing experience.

Here’s the link:

jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-dovekeepers?A=SearchResult&SearchID=13066383&ObjectID=4400431&ObjectType=35.