The tongues of men or angels
Subtitle: a novel
By: Jonathan Trigell
Publisher: Corsair
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781472151100; 9781472106124
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Primitive and early church; Fiction; Church history
Description: After the crucifixion, Jesus's followers -- now led by his brother, James the Just -- remained devout Jews, vigorously opposed to the Roman occupiers. But a rival faction emerged, via the charismatic itinerant Paul of Tarsus. Some called him Saint, some called him a liar, but Paul began telling the stories that would transform a small sect of Judaism into a world religion. Jonathan Trigell shows the night sky of Biblical-era Galilee lit, not by guiding stars, but by flames of terror. He shows contested soil, on which miracles were performed and battles raged. He shows men of flesh and of blood, by turns loving and brutal. In so doing, he unseals a tale of the ages.