Christopher Schabel

Creation of History

History & Biography

“New Testament scholar Michael Cosby has written a uniquely wonderful book, a combination of an academic biography of the biblical Barnabas, a surgical dissection of the modern legend of the saint, and a sympathetic and personal account of how and why Cypriots have turned their bridge-building apostle into a bridge-burning nationalist. In destroying the myth of the warrior Barnabas, Professor Cosby seeks to restore to all Cypriots something greater: the Barnabas of peace and understanding.”

Creation of History, Second Edition

History & Biography

“Based on his research as Fulbright Scholar in Cyprus (2011), Michael Cosby has written an academic biography of the biblical Barnabas, a surgical dissection of the modern legend of the saint, and a sympathetic and personal account of how and why Cypriots turned their bridge-building apostle into a bridge-burning nationalist.”