Revealing and uplifting, Thomas the Apostle by way of Barbara Bode Snyder is an interesting tale set 2,000 years in the past which follows Thomas via his early years, his time studying without delay lower than Jesus, after which as he makes his manner from Jerusalem to Parthia and to South India the place he based various Christian groups that are nonetheless going powerful at the present time. Thomas traveled additional than the other apostle.
Spiritual and hugely informative, this ancient fiction novel, according to over a decade of study, is taut and richly instructed. it really is in response to Bible scriptures, The Gospel of Thomas, and on a number of tales of Thomas concerning the writer whilst she lived and labored as a volunteer in Mylapore, Chennai, India, simply up the road from the place Thomas used to be martyred 2000 years ago.
This novel tells the tale of the Apostle Thomas, starting together with his family’s existence within the small city of Cana in Israel. the journey will get less than method the day sooner than the bar mitzvah of Thomas and his dual brother. It leads the reader down a protracted direction scattered with tragedy, betrayal, and the attractive love of Jesus. Having traveled from Jerusalem to Parthia after which to India, Thomas spent his time and effort fanning the fires of Christianity right into a strong ministry to the a ways corners of the earth. Thomas’s resounding voice and fervour is still very important in India this day, but he's significantly underappreciated by means of the remainder of the area.
Now, for the 1st time ever, readers are allowed a shiny and relocating portrait of an apostle who did a lot more than doubt. Christian fiction has a powerful new voice.

Thomas the Apostle is usually the tale of the fellow from Srinigar, Kashmir, Northern India, who was once one of many hundred or so disciples who traveled with Jesus all through his ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection. Later this guy again to Srinigar to convey the tales of Jesus to the land of his start. the writer has for my part visited his grave web site in Rosabel or Rauzabal in Srinigar in a space the place such a lot citizens are fans of Islam, but who're pleased with the truth that they bought the message of Jesus 2000 years in the past from the guy they renamed Jesus the Gatherer for the reason that he amassed jointly the tales of Jesus, who's respected in Islam as a superb Prophet.

Barbara Bode Snyder has lived in San Jose in Silicon Valley in view that 1959, correct after she comprehensive university, aside from the years that she and her husband labored out of the country, either professionally and as volunteers. they've got volunteered on all six continents the place there are humans. in the neighborhood they continue to be very lively year-round volunteering with Rebuilding jointly and Habitat for Humanity.
Thomas the Apostle through Barbara Bode Snyder is now on hand in either print demanding reproduction and digital form.