The Donkey of Tarsus: His Tales About the Apostle Paul
By Adele Colvin;
Illustrated by Peyton Carmichael
Reviewed by Book Noted
From the author: In The Donkey of Tarsus, Saul (later “Paul”) asks his family for one of their donkeys when he sets out for Jerusalem to help defend the Jewish faith from the growing belief in Jesus as the Messiah. His father gladly gives him one that has been a troublemaker. This young donkey is very excited to be leaving the tent business behind to go off on an adventure with Saul. However, the night before he is to leave, he is stunned to learn from his mother that it was his great-uncle who carried Jesus to Jerusalem! He is fearful if this were to be known that he would be left behind. That fact does not come out, and he gets to go.
When he is much older and living in Antioch, he has the opportunity to tell some visiting donkeys about his "journey of a lifetime." Mar 2010
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$16.99, Hardcover
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