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260 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 20, 2014
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William Phillimore Watts Phillimore
683 books2 followersWilliam Phillimore Watts Phillimore (formerly Stiff) MA BCL (1853–1913) was an English solicitor, genealogist and publisher.
William Phillimore Watts Stiff was born on 27 October 1853 in Nottingham, the eldest son of Dr William Phillimore Stiff M.B. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng., of Sneinton, Nottingham, afterwards superintendent of Nottingham General Lunatic Asylum, and Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Watts of Bridgen Hall, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. In 1873 William Stiff senior changed the family surname by royal licence to Phillimore, his great-grandmother's maiden name. William junior studied at The Queen's College, Oxford, and was awarded a second-class degree in Jurisprudence in 1876.
William Phillimore Watts Stiff was born on 27 October 1853 in Nottingham, the eldest son of Dr William Phillimore Stiff M.B. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng., of Sneinton, Nottingham, afterwards superintendent of Nottingham General Lunatic Asylum, and Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Watts of Bridgen Hall, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. In 1873 William Stiff senior changed the family surname by royal licence to Phillimore, his great-grandmother's maiden name. William junior studied at The Queen's College, Oxford, and was awarded a second-class degree in Jurisprudence in 1876.
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March 15, 2020
This is such an obscure book; amazon prices it north of $100 usd for a used copy.
And it is nearly impossible to find by name - "PAUL THE JEW".
It's an historical novel sort of. Paul the Jew, who will later become more widely known as "Paul the Apostle" is travelling and meeting various people along the way. The novel glows with vivid, textured snapshots of the holy land, of life then and the towns and means of stopping and going and you are THERE, like you can be with Paul Theroux, so in that sense it's a biblical travelogue. I'm still road-dusty from it. *cough, cough...*
Mostly it is a series of scene set ups for theological dialogue. This should be dullish, however, the vibrancy of the writing keeps you in it. And the final scene is stunningly violent. Or perhaps ordinary enough for the times described. I really liked this, not because it was page-turning, which it isn't, but because it is so immersive.
Recommended to Jews, Gentiles and all Others wanting to take a vicarious journey with Paul, with lots of chatting along the way, about the transitioning of faith.
And it is nearly impossible to find by name - "PAUL THE JEW".
It's an historical novel sort of. Paul the Jew, who will later become more widely known as "Paul the Apostle" is travelling and meeting various people along the way. The novel glows with vivid, textured snapshots of the holy land, of life then and the towns and means of stopping and going and you are THERE, like you can be with Paul Theroux, so in that sense it's a biblical travelogue. I'm still road-dusty from it. *cough, cough...*
Mostly it is a series of scene set ups for theological dialogue. This should be dullish, however, the vibrancy of the writing keeps you in it. And the final scene is stunningly violent. Or perhaps ordinary enough for the times described. I really liked this, not because it was page-turning, which it isn't, but because it is so immersive.
Recommended to Jews, Gentiles and all Others wanting to take a vicarious journey with Paul, with lots of chatting along the way, about the transitioning of faith.
December 7, 2016
I discovered this in a weird way; picking it up on a shelf outside the tube station, anonymous and peculiar and interesting.
It’s…almost a novel I’ve wanted to write. A novelisation of Jesus’ ministry and life with a focus on humanising him and emphasising the different ideas and interpretations the disciples have of the teaching.
The humanising of Jesus gets a little trite but the disciples fare better, and despite this grounding of the gospels (none of the miracles are completely ‘as is’) Jesus is still magic and there is still something else.
The pharisees are also treated well, you can see there reasons for killing Jesus and the fear Jesus creates in the ruling classes.
The resurrection is handled beautifully, it doesn’t happen on stage but it happens symbolically and truthfully.
That said, the book does veer into Cecil B De Mille territory - though, it being written in 1919, it’s not fair to lambast it too much.
It’s…almost a novel I’ve wanted to write. A novelisation of Jesus’ ministry and life with a focus on humanising him and emphasising the different ideas and interpretations the disciples have of the teaching.
The humanising of Jesus gets a little trite but the disciples fare better, and despite this grounding of the gospels (none of the miracles are completely ‘as is’) Jesus is still magic and there is still something else.
The pharisees are also treated well, you can see there reasons for killing Jesus and the fear Jesus creates in the ruling classes.
The resurrection is handled beautifully, it doesn’t happen on stage but it happens symbolically and truthfully.
That said, the book does veer into Cecil B De Mille territory - though, it being written in 1919, it’s not fair to lambast it too much.
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