The Apostle (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sholem Asch
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Religious
- Time of Work: Shortly after the Crucifixion
- Setting: The Roman Empire
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Christianity, Faith, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Biblical times, Revelation, Jesus Christ, Judaism, Jews and Gentiles, Apostles, Rome
- Locales: Jerusalem, Greece, ancient, Roman Empire, Rome, ancient, Antioch, Syria
Characters Discussed
Saul of Tarshish, or Tarsus, afterward known as Paul. A devout Jew but intellectually a searcher, he at first resents the Messianist followers of Yeshua, and he becomes a zealous spy and a persecutor of them. Troubled by Istephan’s dying prayer of forgiveness of his slayers, Paul has a mystic vision that causes him to become an apostle of the Messiah, who appears to him several times. He believes himself to be divinely appointed to bring the word of Yeshua to the gentiles. As Paul, he establishes several churches. Arrested for accepting gentiles, he...
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