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The Apostle is the story of Saul of Tarshish, a fiercely zealous Jew, who became Paul the Apostle and preached the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ throughout the ancient world.
On a mission to punish the heretical Jews of Damascus Saul is visited in the desert by a vision of Christ. He becomes Christ’s most fervent messenger, suffering shipwreck, hunger, scourging, imprisonment and finally death to bring Christianity to the world.
The Apostle offers a vivid depiction of the Roman Empire. The orgies and intrigues of the Emperor Nero’s court. The cruelty of infanticide, the brutal oppression of the slaves in the mines and bronze pits. The sadistic decadence of the gladiatorial arena. The slaughter of the New Christians. The arrogance, lust, and intellectual insolence of Rome arrayed against the poor, powerless Christians who had only their faith to sustain them.
Sholem Asch, a prominent Yiddish novelist, saw Paul as the embodiment of the eternal link between Christians and the Jews. The Apostle sold over five hundred thousand copies and received great critical acclaim. But Asch was accused of apostasy for his sympathetic portrayal of the New Christians and ostracized by members of the Jewish community.
"Let the Nobel Committee convene as soon as may be and award this year's prize for literature to Sholem Asch."
—Clifton Fadiman , The New Yorker
"No. 4 best-seller on U.S. fiction lists last week was a religious book, The Apostle—Sholem Asch's dramatic portrayal of the life of one of the greatest Christian leaders, Paul of Tarsus."
—Time Magazine
"Pageantry, Paganism, Piety. The Apostle is packed with realistic resuscitations of First-Century life in the Roman Empire, elaborately drawn portraits of famed pagans (Emperor Caligula, Empress Poppaea, Philosopher-Statesman Seneca), vivid descriptions of the burning of Rome, Nero's persecutions, the mystery cults and the worship of Diana."
—Time.com
…“brilliant, convincing and unprecedented in its range.”
—Philip Rahv, The Nation
"No one can read The Apostle without learning a great deal about the Judeo-Christian heritage of Western civilization. No reader will finish the novel untouched by the devotion and zealous energy which one man called forth in the hearts of so many people."
—Frank N. Magill, Masterplots,
"…raves for in this rich, devout, imaginative novel based on the life of Apostle Paul of Tarsus…"
—R. Ellis Roberts, Saturday Review
"In The Apostle famed Polish-born Novelist Sholem Asch has combined storytelling skill with historical accuracy and the sympathy of a deeply religious writer. In stature, The Apostle ranks with Asch's earlier work, The Nazarene." —Time Magazine
The Apostle The Founders of Christianity Book 2 edition by Sholem Asch Religion Spirituality eBooks
I read the Nazarene and then moved into the Apostle. I have been studying my faith and searching for the truth for many years. I have read gnostic texts, meditations, many different books related to the transcendental nature of Christ. Nothing comes close to Sholem Asch's novels on early Christianity. I felt enlightened and close to Christ during my reading of Nazarene, my faith increased. Now with the Apostle, it is a long read and I would need breaks in between to study what I have read, even reading other literature during my breaks. Going back to it would increase my interest and reading the New Testament with new found eyes. The Apostle clarified some areas of confusion for me. The part about Paul's childhood friend Bar Naba left me feeling so close to Jesus and inspired by his love. The end of the book is some of the most exciting Roman Empire literature ever written. Seneca's explanation to the Caesar Nero regarding the Christians is so interesting you need to savor the prose. To be sure this book has made want to rekindle my Catholic background and take communion again. Now on to Mary the third in trilogy.Product details
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The Apostle The Founders of Christianity Book 2 edition by Sholem Asch Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
A close up view of the events of the Book of Acts, especially Paul's life, beliefs and actions.
This book by Sholem Asch brings you directly back to first century Christianity with all 5 senses. Powerful and a most for authentic faith. It all began with the Jews!
I read this fifty years ago, but now am enjoying it with a lot more insight into what's behind it. Will go back and re-read The Nazarine next.
Wonderful work, the author did lots of research to give the reader a real sense of what it must have been like in bible times. It really takes me there!
I have read and enjoyed Sholem Asch's "The Apostle" many times. This decades-old novel about St. Paul's conversion, from an enemy of the early Christian church into an apostle and evangelist of the faith, never loses its interest. The perilous launching of Christianity's founding comes alive in the book's pages.
Sadly, however, the current version has lost some of its original shine. Readability is slowed down by an unfortunate procession of typographical errors in the earlier chapters.
For that reason, and with real regret, I can only give four stars to this edition. I hope the e-book's publishers will decide to proofread and clean up the mistakes, in order to restore the dignity that this classic deserves.
I read Sholem Asch's The Nazarene (about 700 pages) during this year's Lent and was deeply impressed by it. Asch's work was written in Yiddish and translated into English. The translation of The Nazarene was beautifully carried through. I read the last 100 pages of The Nazarene very slowly, as it dealt with the difficult part of Jesus's life and his death. I decided to follow this with reading The Apostle, the story of St. Paul's life. I am currently about halfway through the circa 800 pages. After reading about 250 pages and being sometimes amused and sometimes confused by Asch's intermingling of fiction with fact, I took time off to read the Book of Acts and am doing so now concurrently with The Apostle. My pastor insists that I include reading of some of Paul's letters along with Acts and The Apostle, and that I shall do. The translation of The Apostle was not nearly as well done as that of The Nazarene; in fact, some of the translation seems trite. Nevertheless, the story is well told and gives an excellent picture of Paul's travails and his problems dealing with the various Asian and European cultures.
For me,Shalom Asch has the knowledge of a historian and a skilled writer in presenting the man Paul and his writings. I read each chapter of his book as it coincided with the Acts of the Apostles. I did the same with each of Paul's Letters. Reading The Apostle along with a closer study of his epistles enriched the experience of both. With each chapter, Paul emerges as a real person, working, struggling, suffering, living his faith day to day in a pagan world. To see him grapple with issues in his world, how he put himself and his life aside for others, and how all his companions --Aquilla, Priscilla,Barnabas, Titus, and many others played into his story made the New Testament real and accessible.
I read the Nazarene and then moved into the Apostle. I have been studying my faith and searching for the truth for many years. I have read gnostic texts, meditations, many different books related to the transcendental nature of Christ. Nothing comes close to Sholem Asch's novels on early Christianity. I felt enlightened and close to Christ during my reading of Nazarene, my faith increased. Now with the Apostle, it is a long read and I would need breaks in between to study what I have read, even reading other literature during my breaks. Going back to it would increase my interest and reading the New Testament with new found eyes. The Apostle clarified some areas of confusion for me. The part about Paul's childhood friend Bar Naba left me feeling so close to Jesus and inspired by his love. The end of the book is some of the most exciting Roman Empire literature ever written. Seneca's explanation to the Caesar Nero regarding the Christians is so interesting you need to savor the prose. To be sure this book has made want to rekindle my Catholic background and take communion again. Now on to Mary the third in trilogy.
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