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Paul (2000) is a novel by Walter Wangerin.

Abstract

Paul and his quest to bring Christianity from the Middle East to the gentiles in Rome, through the eyes of Luke, James, Barnabas, and other leading biblical figures.

<An intimate portrait of a complex individual through whom God was at work, turning the world upside downWith vivid imagination and scholarly depth, award-winning author Walter Wangerin Jr. weaves together the history of the early church with the life story of its greatest apostle--Paul. Wangerin begins to unfold Paul’s incredible life by imagining the childhood and early family life of a boy then called 'Saul.' A fierce prosecutor of Christians before his conversion, Paul never lost his fiery dedication, boldness, and strong personality. After his shocking encounter with God on the road to Damascus, he applied his formidable strengths to spreading the gospel. Wangerin deftly reveals Paul’s character through each stage of his life, and enables us to see Paul the person, living and complex, viewed through the eyes of his contemporaries: Barnabas, James, Prisca, Seneca, and Luke. Paul’s rich interaction and brilliant dialogue with friends and foes, leaders and slaves, Jews and Greeks, creates a swift and intense historical drama around the man who spread the seed of the Gospel to the ends of the known world.>--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000; and Oxford [England]: Lion, 2000.

Translations

• 小說「聖書」: 使徒行伝 = Paul (2000 Wangerin / Nakamura), book (Japanese ed.)

• Paulus = Paul (2000 Wangerin / Holm), book (Norwegian ed.)

• Pablo = Paul (2001 Wangerin / Lumpuy), book (Spanish ed.)

• Święty Paweł = Paul (2001 Wangerin / Boboli), book (Polish ed.)

• Die verhaal van Paulus = Paul (2005 Wangerin / Weideman), book (Afrikaans ed.)

• 소설 바울 = Paul (2006 Wangerin / Kim), book (Korean ed.)

• Paulus = Paul (2007 Wangerin / Højlund), book (Danish ed.)

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