Apostle, or, Bones that shine like fire : travels among the tombs of the twelve / Tom Bissell.

By: Bissell, Tom, 1974- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xxi, 407 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571234752; 0571234755Subject(s): Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Apostles | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600DDC classification: 225.922 Summary: TRAVEL WRITING. Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: who were these men and their fellow Apostles? What was their relationship to Jesus? Tom Bissell gives us rich answers to these ancient and surprisingly enigmatic questions in an unusual, erudite and fascinating book. By visiting holy sites around the world, and examining how the Apostles' identities took shape over the course of two millennia, he explores the story of Christianity and its growth from an obscure Jewish sect to the global faith we know today.
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Originally published: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TRAVEL WRITING. Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: who were these men and their fellow Apostles? What was their relationship to Jesus? Tom Bissell gives us rich answers to these ancient and surprisingly enigmatic questions in an unusual, erudite and fascinating book. By visiting holy sites around the world, and examining how the Apostles' identities took shape over the course of two millennia, he explores the story of Christianity and its growth from an obscure Jewish sect to the global faith we know today.

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