Paul is a business man, by profession a skenopoios, a tentmaker or, more generally, a leather worker. |
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This study was a follow-up to Donald Hamilton's groundbreaking research published in 1987 on tentmaker effectiveness. |
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But he chose not to, and support himself by his trade as a tentmaker. |
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Hock shows that Paul's trade as tentmaker has been too long ignored and overlooked as an important aspect for understanding Paul and his social setting. |
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Indeed, it's long been rumored that Omar the Tentmaker expanded from home furnishings to plus-size apparel as a means of dealing with such retail demands. |
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