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An Illustrated Guide to the Apostle Paul: His Life, Ministry, and Missionary Journeys is unavailable, but you can change that!

The life and ministry of the apostle Paul was a sprawling adventure covering thousands of miles on Roman roads and treacherous seas as he boldly proclaimed the gospel of Jesus to anyone who would listen, be they commoners or kings. His impact on the church and indeed on Western civilization is immeasurable. From his birth in Tarsus to his rabbinic training in Jerusalem to his final imprisonment...

Gamaliel the Elder (Acts 22:3). Gamaliel, Paul’s mentor, was one of the most famous rabbis in first-century Judaism.24 Gamaliel was a rabbi in the school or house of Hillel, and he was the grandson of the famous Rabbi Hillel. The two main schools of rabbinic teachings followed either Rabbi Hillel or Rabbi Shammai, who disagreed over the exact meaning of some 316 oral laws, which were Jewish traditions that expanded the laws in the Torah (see Mark 7:4–9). Shammai tended to be more restrictive and
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