▁people ▁of ▁Corn ish ▁descent ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : S ports people ▁from ▁Nor wich <0x0A> </s> ▁Season ▁of ▁the ▁Jew ▁is ▁an ▁historical ▁novel ▁by ▁Maurice ▁Sh ad bol t , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁Set ▁in ▁mid - n in ete enth ▁century ▁New ▁Zealand ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁semi - f ict ional ized ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁M ā ori ▁leader ▁Te ▁K oot i , ▁told ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁purs u ers , ▁an ▁officer ▁in ▁the ▁colonial ▁army . ▁ ▁Ex plan ation ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁The ▁brief ▁pre face ▁quotes ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁Sh y lock : ▁“ If ▁a ▁Christian ▁wrong ▁a ▁Jew , ▁what ▁should ▁his ▁suff rance ▁be ▁by ▁Christian ▁example ? ▁ ▁Why , ▁reven ge . ▁ ▁The ▁villa iny ▁you ▁teach ▁me ▁I ▁will ▁execute ; ▁and ▁it ▁shall ▁go ▁hard , ▁but ▁I ▁will ▁better ▁the ▁instruction .” ▁ ▁This ▁l ays ▁the ▁moral ▁ground ▁for ▁the ▁resistance ▁of ▁the ▁band ▁of ▁New ▁Zealand ▁n atives ▁under ▁their ▁leader ▁Te ▁K oot i , ▁who ▁synth es ized ▁a ▁new ▁religion ▁from ▁Christian ▁and ▁M ā ori ▁trad itions ▁combined ▁with ▁his ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament . ▁ ▁His ▁unique ▁contribution ▁was ▁to ▁declare ▁his ▁follow ers ▁the ▁latter - day ▁emb od iment ▁of ▁the ▁Israel ites ▁esc aping ▁from ▁Egypt . ▁In ▁the ▁novel ▁the ▁reb els ▁are ▁often ▁simply ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁“