Sure, this one is a book that has been out for a while. The copyright is 2013. Yet I still think it is a book that bears reading. Especially if you like stories of Biblical characters.
Done in two voices which alternate, moving from today, well, the present, you can read the twenty first century or twentieth-- it really doesn't slow down the story-- and in the second voice of the prisoner Paul in the city of Rome awaiting execution back in the days of Nero.
In the present day we have a seminary professor in the state of Texas, in a seminary just down the way from Dallas Seminary, trying to establish himself, getting a call from a fellow travel guide in Israel asking for help. Seems he has discovered a memoir by the Apostle Paul written concerning his early education as a Pharisee and his life as a strict protector of the law.
The other viewpoint is the first century. Paul in the pit at Rome. awaiting execution. Doctor Luke is helping him write his memoirs. They must hide it from the Roman guards or it will be destroyed.
Back to the present. It is discovered and some people don't want it published.
This is Jenkin's attempt at a thriller. It is a good read but not much of a thriller. It did bold my interest and I was not bored. The idea of a memoir of Paul is somewhat possible but as to Paul having done so, well, I don't really think he was that much of a person who worried about rehashing what was already recorded.
As I read the Scripture, he doesn't come across as that type of personality. He would have just been restating what had already been said. In Acts, he doesn't seem to be that way.
This book may still be on the shelve some where, But if you can't find it there in your local bookstore you can always try biblio.com.
This book is published by Worthy Publishing and my copy was about $16.99. You may find it for less online.
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