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Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve

Tekijä: Tom Bissell

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"A profound and moving journey into the heart of Christianity that explores the mysterious and often paradoxical lives and legacies of the Twelve Apostles--a book both for those of the faith and for others who seek to understand Christianity from the outside in. Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: Who were these men? What was their relationship to Jesus? Tom Bissell provides rich and surprising answers to these ancient, elusive questions. He examines not just who these men were (and weren't), but also how their identities have taken shape over the course of two millennia. Ultimately, Bissell finds that the story of the Apostles is the story of early Christianity: its competing versions of Jesus's ministry, its countless schisms, and its ultimate evolution from an obscure Jewish sect to the global faith we know today in all its forms and permutations. In his quest to understand the underpinnings of the world's largest religion, Bissell embarks on a years-long pilgrimage to the supposed tombs of the Twelve Apostles. He travels from Jerusalem and Rome to Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, India, and Kyrgyzstan, vividly capturing the rich diversity of Christianity's worldwide reach. Along the way, he engages with a host of characters--priests, paupers, a Vatican archaeologist, a Palestinian taxi driver, a Russian monk--posing sharp questions that range from the religious to the philosophical to the political. Written with warmth, empathy, and rare acumen, Apostle is a brilliant synthesis of travel writing, biblical history, and a deep, lifelong relationship with Christianity. The result is an unusual, erudite, and at times hilarious book--a religious, intellectual, and personal adventure fit for believers, scholars, and wanderers alike."--Jacket.… (lisätietoja)
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Хотел написать обзор этой книги в одно СМИ, но увы, оказалась она не для широкой аудитории, хотя на первый взгляд идея книги весьма захватывающая: тревелог по местам упокоения 12 апостолов Христа. С очень красивой, на мой взгляд, обложкой.

Как давно остроумно отмечалось критиками религии, из частичек Креста Господня можно собрать целый ковчег, а судя по количеству мощей одной святой при жизни она была сороконожкой. Мест претендующих на пункт последнего упокоения основной части того или иного апостола как правило несколько. Эту дилемму Бисселл решил для себя так - посетить лишь по одному для каждого. В задачи книги не входило определение того, какое из них имеет больше оснований называться истинным. Однако, даже суженный таким образом круг исследований занял у автора три года времени и привёл его в девять разных стран. На выходе получился солидный том в 432 страницы с обильными ссылками и библиографией. Так в чём же проблема?

В том, что автор решил скрестить ежа и ужа. Нетривиальная идея для тревелога оказалась совмещённой не с ликбезом, а отдельным, глубоким и часто занудным повествованием об истории раннего Христианства, которое вполне могло бы потянуть на самодостаточную книгу (а про это период таких интересных немало в последнее время написано, ибо как секта целителя из пустынной Галилеи завоевала империю - это ещё тот сюжет).

Да, часть информации о жизни и трудовой карьере апостолов более, чем уместна. Вы ведь вряд ли знаете, чем занимался, например, Иаков Алфеев ̶д̶о̶ ̶1̶9̶1̶7̶ ̶г̶о̶д̶а̶ ? Вдвойне интересны вставки из самых разных неканонических писаний, апокрифов, проливающих, если им верить, свет на белые пятна в судьбах, взаимоотношениях и характерах двенадцати и их Учителя. Увы, меры автор не знает. Единственным утешением служит то, что травелог-фрагменты и экскурсы в теологию визуально разделены на пронумерованные подглавы. Как автор не удержал баланс - непонятно. Отсеки всё лишнее, и получилась бы интереснейшая книга для чтения взахлёб, и подводки из странствий апостолов, наложенные на современные политические карты, только бы добавили остроты и экзотики.

Святого Фому Бисселл нашёл в Керале, в Индии, где живут христиане апостола Фомы (и не имеющие ничего общего с католиками из Гоа, разведёнными там португальцами).Про другие древние (и преимущественно восточные и африканские) христианские церкви тоже написано немало любопытных, но скорее всего зубодробительных книг. Дозированная эссенция из них помогла бы сделать "Апостолов" очень хорошими, потому как там много всего чуднОго: копты, армяне, ассирийцы, эфиопы и т.д., а ранее всякие несториане и поклонники учения Ария. Иоанн Богослов лежит в другой отнюдь не мусульманской стране - в Турции, в Эфесе. Да и встреча с греческим Православием в Патрах (Св. Андрей) протекала у автора с большим юмором. Да - c ч.ю. у Бисселла в полном порядке, а некоторые шутки многоуровневые, как например переиначенные цитаты из Святого Писания. Жалко, что задействует этот инструмент он нечасто.

Путевые заметки, интервью и беседы, описания самих мест и людей в них работающих, и людей их посещающих, - всё это действительно очень занимательно и даже просветительно. Наш путешественник оказался мастером проникающих, тонких, ироничных, а иногда и саркастических вопросов и комментариев. Собеседники и спутники у него тоже в основной своей массе любопытный народ. Вернее даже народы, совершенно по разному реагирующему на информацию о жизни святых, в т.ч. не особо широко известную (или апокрифическую, но кое-где принимаемую за устоявшуюся истину), например, что после рождения Христа Мария дальше не чуралась супружеских обязанностей, и у Иисуса вполне себе мог быть брат. Увы, бестселлера из "Апостолов", судя по всему не вышло. Но не рекомендовать эту книгу я точно не могу.
  Den85 | Jan 3, 2024 |
As history, it is fascinating, and manages to give an overview of an entire epoch about which I thought I knew something, and found out I knew nothing at all. In addition, it is funny.

I think a direct interest in religion is not necessary to enjoy it, but an interest in history is. That said, it isn't just history; Apostle is about stories, philosophy, religion, the challenge of keeping core principles centralized against fractious forces, and all of a million other difficulties that even what would become the most powerful Western force faced from its infancy. If the reader thinks that the great church schisms began at approximately the time of Luther, then it will be either very reassuring or very depressing that the first deep rifts showed up while first gospels were being written.

And, again, it is very funny. Bissell is an amazing writer, and whether his is making meta-textual asides, or telling his own narrative of slogging out to the various shrines he visited, he always has an understated comment available that allows you to hear a wry grin. ( )
  danieljensen | Oct 14, 2022 |
As a travel-log, this book is excellent. The author chose to visit just one site for each Apostle he pursued which might have limited his horizon. Even so, the detail of his travels is excellent. This alone makes this a compelling text.
Bissell is also knowledgeable about the subject matter in a way that permits him to speak authoritatively about what is in print from Apostolic times. His commentary is lively with interjections of humor. He asserts he uses the NRSV for his Scripture passages but this is where things go awry as he tends to bypass the NRSV in favor of "other ancient sources" when an occasion arises. This, of course, is not disqualifying since there is validity in his choice.
It is how Bissell tries to relate the particulars to the whole that things tend to get fuzzy. His discussion of which Gospel writer reveals which sayings of Jesus on the Cross is illustrative. One is led to think he thinks all four Evangelists should have reported the same things with no allowance for how difficult it would be for a crucified person to say anything or in what volume. Another point is that Bissell seems to ignore entirely the two natures of Jesus Christ, Divine and human, so that they speak with one voice and modulation. That the human nature of Jesus might be terrified by what is coming in the Garden should not be beyond the imagination.
When I started this book, I asked myself why it was written. As late as page 77, I was still asking the question. I still don't know. For that reason, I'm not giving it a rating. I am more knowledgeable after reading it, but I don't yet know if I'm better off.
  DeaconBernie | Feb 15, 2019 |
I just finished reading a big book that turned into a long slog. Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve by Tom Bissell was somewhat of a disappointment. I thought it was going to be a book about pilgrimage to the various tombs of the twelve apostles. That is not what it turned out to be. It was more of an academic tome than I was looking for. Parts of it were interesting, those were the parts were the author talked about the trips that he took to the tombs of each of the twelve apostles and his observations about the relics that were there as well as the people of that area. These parts of the book are the reason why I finished reading it. Most of the 350 page book was about early church history and the various schisms and sects that derived from the original Judean church. It was readable but it wasn’t a book that I would recommend for anybody but the most dedicated reader who is totally into early church history. ( )
  benitastrnad | Oct 10, 2018 |
It would be apt if this sprawling book could be described as 'three books in one', echoing the Christian Trinity. But no, this is four books in one. The first, which is the book it purports to be, is a travel book which sends the author to visit the tombs of all twelve of Christ's apostles. These segments of the book are in parts a great travel yarn; the author is a talented, engaging writer, but travel books can rarely overcome the interest level of the places visited and the people encountered. The places he visits are occasionally interesting (Kyrgyzstan, India), but more often banal (Rome, Jerusalem, Turkey). As for the people, they too often are extremely dour and uncommunicative pilgrims and keepers of the shrines.

The remaining books, which I felt are the books which he really wanted to write, use these jaunts as a launching pad for biographies of the apostles, accounts of the development of the organization, theology, and Christology of the early church, and an expression of his own non-belief. Two of the chapters are on non-apostles Paul and Jesus, and devoted almost entirely to an examination of the church topics, and his final chapter, nominally on James the Greater, is for the most part a statement of his reasons for non-belief, which I found eloquent and thoughtful.

His treatment of the apostolic biographies and the early church topics is exhaustive --or at least exhausting for the reader-- and, however interesting it may be at many points, makes the book simply too long. In addition, he advances no claims of credentials as a Biblical scholar, though he does append a very long bibliography which indicates that if he is a layman, he's a very well-read one. But at bottom he ends up citing a relatively small number of scholars, not well-known, at least to me, and they inevitably support his conclusions. There's a lot to like about this book, but it does take higher levels of either interest in the early church or stamina and determination than I possess to avoid a little frisson of happiness when one turns the final page. ( )
  Big_Bang_Gorilla | Sep 30, 2017 |
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"A profound and moving journey into the heart of Christianity that explores the mysterious and often paradoxical lives and legacies of the Twelve Apostles--a book both for those of the faith and for others who seek to understand Christianity from the outside in. Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: Who were these men? What was their relationship to Jesus? Tom Bissell provides rich and surprising answers to these ancient, elusive questions. He examines not just who these men were (and weren't), but also how their identities have taken shape over the course of two millennia. Ultimately, Bissell finds that the story of the Apostles is the story of early Christianity: its competing versions of Jesus's ministry, its countless schisms, and its ultimate evolution from an obscure Jewish sect to the global faith we know today in all its forms and permutations. In his quest to understand the underpinnings of the world's largest religion, Bissell embarks on a years-long pilgrimage to the supposed tombs of the Twelve Apostles. He travels from Jerusalem and Rome to Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, India, and Kyrgyzstan, vividly capturing the rich diversity of Christianity's worldwide reach. Along the way, he engages with a host of characters--priests, paupers, a Vatican archaeologist, a Palestinian taxi driver, a Russian monk--posing sharp questions that range from the religious to the philosophical to the political. Written with warmth, empathy, and rare acumen, Apostle is a brilliant synthesis of travel writing, biblical history, and a deep, lifelong relationship with Christianity. The result is an unusual, erudite, and at times hilarious book--a religious, intellectual, and personal adventure fit for believers, scholars, and wanderers alike."--Jacket.

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