Evidence: Saul at the Boundary
Paul later described himself as advancing in ancestral traditions and being extremely zealous. The cited text, place, practice, or historical setting is real; Jesus’s Magian training and private actions are the novel’s declared reconstruction. The school de…
The Missing Years 30 · missing→evidenceEvidence: Saul Tightens the Boundary
Paul’s letters retrospectively describe his exceptional zeal for ancestral traditions, Pharisaic identity, and persecution of the Jesus movement. His childhood scenes and precise education remain uncertain. Saul’s zeal and later persecution are grounded in …
The Missing Years 51 · missing→evidenceEvidence: The Assault of the Lie
In later Zoroastrian cosmogony Ahriman penetrates the sky, pollutes the waters and earth, withers the plant, kills the primordial bull, attacks Gayōmard, and afflicts fire with smoke. The resulting state is called mixture. Traditional religious material; hi…
The Book of Diesel 3 · prequel→evidenceEvidence: The Boy in Tarsus
Paul later identifies as a Pharisee and acknowledges violently persecuting the Jesus movement before becoming its most influential missionary interpreter. His exact birth date and childhood details are unknown. The setting or public event is documented; dia…
The Book of Diesel 52 · prequel→evidenceEvidence: The Boy in Tarsus
Paul identifies with Tarsus, Pharisaic tradition, ancestral zeal, and later study associated with Jerusalem. The cited text, place, practice, or historical setting is real; Jesus’s Magian training and private actions are the novel’s declared reconstruction.…
The Missing Years 28 · missing→evidenceEvidence: The Argument Like a Wall
First-century Jewish groups debated law, resurrection, purity, and identity; Paul’s exact youth is sparsely documented. The cited text, place, practice, or historical setting is real; Jesus’s Magian training and private actions are the novel’s declared reco…
The Missing Years 32 · missing→evidenceEvidence: Two Roads Toward Jerusalem
Jesus and Saul were near contemporaries, but there is no evidence that they met. The cited text, place, practice, or historical setting is real; Jesus’s Magian training and private actions are the novel’s declared reconstruction. The synchronized journeys a…
The Missing Years 33 · missing→evidenceEvidence: The Voice in the Wilderness
Luke 3 dates the public setting through rulers and priests, introduces John in the wilderness, narrates baptism, and identifies Jesus as about thirty. The novel ends before those canonical events unfold. Luke supplies John, the wilderness, the Jordan, Jesus…
The Missing Years 53 · missing→