Paul grew up motherless?

[Glorytothefather2245]

So I am reading a book about Paul. And the author was saying that he grew up learning to be a tent maker or something like that and that he grew up motherless from the age of nine. I was doing research and found one article that said Paul never actually talked about his mother only his father, but that by the way he references his father in the bible that it sounds like he grew up motherless from an infant or very young age. I am just wondering about the validity if this not so much age wise but the fact that he grew up motherless because when I grew up I lost my mother when I was growing up and lived with my grandparents.

 

[disciple Clint]

So I am reading a book about Paul. And the author was saying that he grew up learning to be a tent maker or something like that and that he grew up motherless from the age of nine. I was doing research and found one article that said Paul never actually talked about his mother only his father, but that by the way he references his father in the bible that it sounds like he grew up motherless from an infant or very young age. I am just wondering about the validity if this not so much age wise but the fact that he grew up motherless because when I grew up I lost my mother when I was growing up and lived with my grandparents.

Would love to see his citations for this information, as far as I have ever known, nothing is recorded about his mother other than her name.

 

[Glorytothefather2245]

Would love to see his citations for this information, as far as I have ever known, nothing is recorded about his mother other than her name.

The book is called "Paul" by Charles Swindoll. Not sure where he got his citations though.

 

[Aussie Pete]

So I am reading a book about Paul. And the author was saying that he grew up learning to be a tent maker or something like that and that he grew up motherless from the age of nine. I was doing research and found one article that said Paul never actually talked about his mother only his father, but that by the way he references his father in the bible that it sounds like he grew up motherless from an infant or very young age. I am just wondering about the validity if this not so much age wise but the fact that he grew up motherless because when I grew up I lost my mother when I was growing up and lived with my grandparents.

Paul was a Pharisee and as such learned a trade, which was tent making. This is stated in the Bible. Apart from that, I've not come across much information about Paul as a youth.

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

Paul says he was born into Roman citizenship, and seeing that trades follow from father to son mostly in those days, his father might have gained citizenship by supplying tents to the Roman legions. Regardless, Paul was well enough off to have studied extensively, along with his Roman citizenship, that he likely comes from some money. If his mother died, his father would definitely have remarried - as marriage was an important cement of society in those days, especially if an important family with citizenship. So he would have grown up with either a mother or a stepmother, but the chances that he was raised largely by a governess-type or tutors is also possible.

 

[disciple Clint]

Paul says he was born into Roman citizenship, and seeing that trades follow from father to son mostly in those days, his father might have gained citizenship by supplying tents to the Roman legions. Regardless, Paul was well enough off to have studied extensively, along with his Roman citizenship, that he likely comes from some money. If his mother died, his father would definitely have remarried - as marriage was an important cement of society in those days, especially if an important family with citizenship. So he would have grown up with either a mother or a stepmother, but the chances that he was raised largely by a governess-type or tutors is also possible.

Do you have a source for that information?

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

Do you have a source for that information?

Acts 22:28 Paul says he was born a citizen, meaning his father was one. The rest is conjecture based on the general norms of the time period, and the fact that Paul had to have been well off to be both born a Roman citizen in Tarsus and to have had the luxury to study under Gamaliel.

I made a thread on his citizenship before:
The Roman Citizenship of Paul