Paulus von Tarsos (1965 Berstl), novel

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Paulus von Tarsos: Ein Mann in 2 Welten <German> (1951) is a novel by Julius Berstl.

Editions and translations

Written in German in two parts, was first published in English, translated by Clarissa Graves. The second part was published first: The Tentmaker (1951 Berstl), novel; the first part followed, The Cross and the Eagle (1954 Berstl), novel. The German edition appeared only in the 1960s in Germany (Stuttgart: Quell, 1965).

Abstract

Tells the experience of Paul, from his youth as a sixteen-year-old student at Jerusalem until his conversion and return to Tarsus (part one), and from the beginning of his missionary activity until his death (part two).