num_pages: 349
description: From the author of the international bestseller The Last Station a superb historical novel of the Apostle Paul whose tireless and epic preaching of the message of Jesus brought Christianity into existence and changed human history forever.In the years after Christ's crucifixion Paul of Tarsus a prosperous tentmaker and Jewish scholar took it upon himself to persecute the small groups of his followers that sprung up. But on the road to Damascus he had some sort of blinding vision a profound conversion experience that transformed Paul into the most effective and influential messenger Christianity has ever had. In The Damascus Road novelist Jay Parini brings this fascinating and ever-controversial figure to full human life capturing his visionary passions and vast contradictions. In relating Paul's epic journeys both geographical and spiritual he unfolds a vivid panorama of the ancient world on the verge of epochal change. And in the alternating voice of the Gospel writer Luke Paul's travel companion scribe and ghostwriter a cooler perspective on his actions and beliefs emerges -- ironic but still filled with wonder at Paul's unshakable commitment to the Christ and his divinity.
language: English
title: The Damascus Road: A Novel of Saint Paul
publisher: Doubleday