New York Times Bestseller: A "beautifully written" and "truly
outstanding" novel based on the life of Paul the Apostle (The
Cincinnati Enquirer).
Born a veritable great lion of God to a devout Jewish family, Saul of
Tarsus is raised by his parents to embrace their love of humanity.
Dogged by what he perceives as a lack of true faith, he embarks on a
journey to save his people from sacrilege. But on the road to Damascus a
vision of the resurrected Jesus changes the course of his life.
Converting to Christianity, the newly christened Paul transforms from
persecutor of blasphemers into apostle to the gentiles, becoming one of
the supreme influences on the Catholic Church and the Western world.
Great Lion of God paints a unique and very human portrait of Saint
Paul, one of the most passionate, dauntless, and complex figures of
early Christianity--Pharisee, lawyer, theologian, and above all, a "man
like ourselves with our own despairs, doubts, anxieties and angers and
intolerances, and 'lusts of the flesh.'"
The central novel in author Taylor Caldwell's biblical trilogy, which
also includes Dear and Glorious Physician and I, Judas, Great Lion
of God is both "sheer entertainment" and a moving tribute to the
majesty and power of the Christian faith (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).
