Paulus von Tarsos (1965 Berstl), novel
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Paulus von Tarsos: Ein Mann in 2 Welten [English title: The Tentmaker, and The Cross and the Eagle] 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).
Summary
Tells the experience of Paul, from his youth as a sixteen-year-old student at Jerusalem until his conversion and return to Tarsus, and from the beginning of his missionary activity until his death