The Apostle (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Sholem Asch
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: First century c.e.
- 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
Places Discussed
*Roman Empire. Caesar’s dominion, stretching from the River Thames in Britain to the Tiber in Italy to the Tigris in the Middle East, is the essential setting for Sholem Asch’s story of the expansion of Christ’s kingdom. A sense of place is as essential to the novel as it is to the New Testament, nine of whose books take their names from Roman cities.
*Jerusalem. With roots going back a millennium earlier than the novel’s period, Palestine’s City of David has just been acclaimed the “City of Christ” by Jesus’ followers. A three-way clash...
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