The Tentmakers

by Roy L. Smith

This fictionalized account of a significant era in biblical history is vividly appealing to young readers as well as adults. Here is the moving narrative of Aquila, a prosperous Jewish tentmaker, and his wife, the sensitive Priscilla, who flee Rome at the order of a wrathful Caesar and finally find refuge in the teeming city of Corinth where they establish a small tentmaking shop. The author has woven a stirring drama of their altered destiny with a stranger named Paul who appears at their door, beaten and discourages, seeking work at the tentmaker's bench. The description of Corinth with its blatant immoralities and pagan practices forms a strange but authentic background for this unfolding tale of simple and redeeming faith.

112 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1963