{"product_id":"kingdom-of-fools-9780340996263","title":"Kingdom of Fools","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFools. Rebels. Ignorant peasants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat''s how the Roman world saw the first Christians. Led by fishermen, tax collectors and renegade Pharisees, the first Christians shunned power and welcomed the poor and uneducated. Roman commentators mocked their upside-down values, but the apostle Paul - himself a Roman citizen, and a Pharisee to boot, affirmed that ''God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts followers were persecuted and its leaders killed, yet this ragged collection of lowly tradesmen, women, slaves - and a smattering of turncoat high-born Jews - created a movement that changed the world. How did this happen? How did the kingdom of fools conquer the mighty empire that was Rome?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating new biography of the early church, Nick Page sets the biblical accounts alongside the latest historical and archaeological research, exploring how the early Christians lived and worshipped - and just why the Romans found this new branch of t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssential reading...enlightening and informative...you will be sure to learn something new. * Church of England Newspaper, on THE LONGEST WEEK *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book written by a highly experienced, technically brilliant and detailed writer. * Church of England Newspaper, on THE LONGEST WEEK *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733628891479,"sku":"9780340996263","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780340996263.jpg?v=1720000915","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kingdom-of-fools-9780340996263","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}