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Asaph

An orator of Tyre who measures the Nazarene against the small men who claim him, and finds the followers far smaller than the master.

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First appearance: Asaph, Called the Orator of Tyre

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The narrator, an orator of Tyre, who compares Jesus' speaking to that of classical orators.

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Asaph speaks from the wider world of Greek cities and philosophical debate, a voice outside the disciples' circle who judges Jesus by the majesty of what he taught rather than by the quarrels of those who repeat him. He is sickened by men who reduce the mighty hunter to a worm shining at their side, and he insists on the mountainous spirit unconquerable. His perspective gives the reader a measuring rod for the story's central figure, apart from devotion or hostility.

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