Historian and award winning author, Tom Holland, investigates the classical world, examines St. Paul. After Jesus, Paul is the most important person in the story of the origins of Christianity and to this day he provokes controversy. Opponents of homosexuality and women priests cite the teachings of St Paul to make their case. Although, Tom argues that St. Paul does not deserve his reactionary reputation and that this complex and contradictory figure was in fact a revolutionary thinker.

A provocative series which presents personal explorations of the world's most important, widespread and revolutionary text. From the Bible's origins to the American presidential inaugurations, from Hebrew and Greek to today's current 2,400 different translations: this is the story of the most influential book ever written... The Bible

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