The novel “The Transmigration of Timothy Archer” by Philip K. Dick was published for the first time in 1982.

Bishop Timothy Archer has highly unorthodox ideas about the history of Christianity and the history of Jesus of Nazareth. The discovery of Zadokite scrolls suggests that two centuries earlier what is attributed to him was already preached. To find out the truth and the anokhi scrolls they talk about, Archer wants to go to Israel to research in person.

Angel, Timothy Archer’s daughter-in-law, reamined in contact with him after the death of her husband Jeff but in the course of her life she already had various problems. Being in the midst of the romance between the bishop and his secretary Kirsten and getting involved in the man’s religious quest become an additional burden.