Operation Messiah: St Paul, Roman Intelligence and the Birth of Christianity

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0853037027 ISBN13: 9780853037026 Release Date: June 2008 Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell Length: 284 Pages Weight: 1.16 lbs. Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1" Saul of Tarsus is one of the best known and most beloved figures of Christianity. This man, later known as St. Paul, set the tone for Christianity, including an emphasis on celibacy, the theory of divine grace and salvation, and the elimination of circumcision. It was Paul who wrote a large part of the New Testament, and who called it euangelion, "the gospel". There is another side of Paul, however, that has been little studied and that is his connection to the Roman military establishment and its intelligence arm. While other scholars and writers have suggested the idea that Paul was cooperating with the Romans, this is the first book-length study to document it in detail. By looking at the traditional story through a new lens, some of the thorniest questions and contra