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Quest for the Historical Apostles: Tracing Their Lives and Legacies is unavailable, but you can change that!

The stories and contributions of the apostles provide an important entrée into church history. However, the legends of the apostles after the New Testament are confusing and steeped in myth. This historical and literary introduction uncovers the apostles’ lives and legacies, underscoring their impact on the growth of the early church. While a good bit of the available information on the apostles...

to make a figure who is foundational for the church and for the development of Christianity. Martin Hengel remarks, “The numerous times the Galilean fisherman and disciple of Jesus is mentioned is without parallel in early Christianity.”2 Despite the immense attention to him in the early church, the path of the historical Peter is not fully certain. An initial personal profile of an apostle can serve as background in the quest. An inauguration of apostolicity can be seen when Jesus renames Simon
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