The Apostle | The Apostle

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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

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.

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