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Title:
Apostle : or bones that shine like fire : travels among the tombs of the twelve
Author:
Bissell, Tom, 1974-
ISBN:
9780375424663
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York :

Pantheon Books,

[2016?]

©2016
Physical Description:
xxi, 407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Judas Iscariot -- Bartholomew -- Historesai: on Paul -- Philip & James Son of Alpheaus -- Peter -- Andrew -- John -- Thomas -- Christos: on Jesus Christ -- Simon the Cananaean & Thaddaeus -- Matthew -- James Son of Sebedee.
Abstract:
Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: Who were these men? What was their relationship to Jesus? Tom Bissell gives us rich and deeply informed answers to these ancient and surprisingly elusive questions. He examines not just who these men were (and weren't), but how their identities have taken shape over the course of two millennia. He makes clear that, ultimately, their story is the story of Christianity and its growth from an obscure Jewish sect to the global faith we know today. Bissell has visited holy sites from Rome and Jerusalem to Turkey, India, and Kyrgyzstan, and he vividly captures the rich diversity of Christianity's global reach. Written with warmth, humor, and rare acumen, Apostle is a brilliant synthesis of travel writing, biblical history, and a deep, lifelong relationship with Christianity. The result is an unusual, erudite, at times hilarious book--a religious, intellectual, and personal adventure.
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