Description
The story of Twelve Apostles is the story of early Christianity: its competing versions of Jesus's ministry, its countless schisms, and its ultimate evolution from an obscure Jewish sect to the global faith we know today in all its forms and permutations. In his quest to understand the underpinnings of the world's largest religion, Tom Bissell embarks on a years-long pilgrimage to the apostles' supposed tombs, traveling from Jerusalem and Rome to Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, India, and Kyrgyzstan. Along the way, Bissell uncovers the mysterious and often paradoxical lives of these twelve men and how their identities have taken shape over the course of two millennia. Written with empathy and a rare acumen--and often extremely funny--Apostle is an intellectual, spiritual, and personal adventure fit for believers, scholars, and wanderers alike.
Author: Tom Bissell
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/07/2017
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780307278456
ISBN10: 030727845X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- History | Ancient | General
- Travel | Special Interest | Religious
Author: Tom Bissell
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/07/2017
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780307278456
ISBN10: 030727845X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- History | Ancient | General
- Travel | Special Interest | Religious
About the Author
TOM BISSELL is the author of eight previous books, most recently The Disaster Artist, and has been awarded the Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He writes frequently for Harper's Magazine and The New Yorker.