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...best-seller on U.S. fiction lists last week was a religious book, The Apostle-Sholem Asch's dramatic portrayal of the life of one of the greatest Christian leaders, Paul of Tarsus...
...Apostle (Putnam; $3), famed Polish-born Novelist Sholem Asch has combined storytelling skill with historical accuracy and the sympathy of a deeply religious writer. In stature, The Apostle ranks with Asch's earlier work, The Nazarene (TIME...
...Asch's Paul is the brilliantly dynamic prophet and organizer of the early Christian Church. He was driven by an ineluctable faith, by visions no less intense. No danger stopped him. But St. Paul was not only an evangelist. He was pugnacious and something of a politician. Says Novelist Asch: "The center of his world was his 'I' . . . which measured, judged and defined." Paul lacked that "soft, winning goodness, that graciousness of speech, that warmth which characterized his fellow apostle, Peter." On the contrary, he was hard and ascetic. He was also epileptic, and saw many...
...Novelist Asch, the long years that went into the writing of The Nazarene and The Apostle were a dedication. On the last page of The Apostle he wrote: "I thank Thee and praise Thee, Lord of the world, that Thou hast given me the strength to withstand all temptations and overcome all obstacles . . . and to complete the two works...
That dinner-dance without the dinner is still up in air. We except "Jake" and "Asch" will have the dope for us shortly. Meanwhile, be sure to see Bob sherwood or Don Swanger for tickets to tomorrow's Navy Relief swingeroo at Potter. Middles see company commanders. Everybody's goin', even my tired old room mates, I think...