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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 contradictions in
Paul's life can be unravelled. How did he come to work for the
Temple authorities who collaborated with the Romans? How was he
able to escape from legal situations in which others would have
been killed? Why
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