On Thomas .K. Cheyne (1841-1915), Biblical Scholar and Bahā'ī: A Saul Who Became a Paul

The Apostle Paul, c. 1657

one of Rembrandt's late religious paintings

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Anonymous brings to my attention in a comment to the previous post "On Religious Fundamentalists and the Exceptional T.K. Cheyne", this website of a work-in-progress on Cheyne for which I am grateful. What wonderful scholarship! -gw

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF THE HEBRAIST AND BIBLICAL SCHOLAR
THOMAS KELLY CHEYNE (1841-1915),
with some Biographical data and materials pertinent to his Baha'i status
IN PROGRESS 2007-8
© Stephen Lambden, Hurqalya Publications

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From a letter by Cheyne to Abdu'l-Baha reproduced in the Star of the West vol. 3 page 287:

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I fear that university circles are not likely to be open-minded enough to receive the message of Bahaism. But who would have expected a Saul to become a Paul? 6

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To which Stephen Lambden notes:

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6 The reference to a Jewish "Saul" [of Tarsus = Paul, a staunch Pharisee and anti-Christian) becoming the Christian "Paul" (the self-proclaimed early Christian apostle to the Gentiles and author of several New Testament books) may perhaps be an allusion to the Christian priest Cheyne as the professorial academic changing to become becoming a Ruhani (Spiritual) champion of "Bahaism" or the Bahā'ī religion.

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http://www.hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BIBLIOGRAPHY-HYP/0-T-K-CHEYNE.BIB/rev_t_k_cheyne-bib.htm