The Apostle (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sholem Asch
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: First century
- Setting: Roman Empire
- Principal Characters: Saul of Tarshish, Joseph bar Naba of Cyprus, Reb Istephan, Simon bar Jonah, Reb Jacob
- 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
The Story:
It was seven weeks after the crucifixion of Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth by Pontius Pilate. All the poor of Jerusalem, who had found in Yeshua their Messiah, had gone into hiding, but the word was spreading. Little by little the story was told: of Yeshua who had come back after his death and of the Messiah who had appeared to his disciples. The matter was hotly argued on all sides. The pious Jews could not believe in a Messiah who had been killed; the Messianists devoutly affirmed their faith.
Saul of Tarshish and Joseph bar Naba came upon a street preacher, a...
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