Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0676977685 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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lovestoread said I would recommend this book to every one. I would recommend this book to every one. I read it in paperback many years ago, before e-readers and I bought it again while on vacation so my daughter could read it on my kindleAlthough it is fiction I believe it gives the reader a window into Jesus' world as a flesh and blood human being, the struggles and confusion that he dealt with as he was coming to realize that he was God. What it might have been like to be 7 and so different from others, but the same as wellHe knew he was different in ways that confused him bu. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel- A little boy grows up! Lori Harris Don't jump the gun.In Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Anne Rice creates a very real little boy who happens to be Jesus of Nazareth. Ms. Rice writes like a mommy as she explores a little boy she loves and knows was born to die for the sins of mankind.What a different twist she brings to the ordinary! The setting of a child and family leaving Egypt to return to their people of Nazareth provides background that is interesting and fresh. Whether we are seeing Jesus deal with His feelings and knowledge of who He is and who He. Theresa said Christ Out of Egypt Review. Mesmerizing, passionate, compelling. I could not put the book down. All of my Catholic upbringing and Born Again renewal began to mesh and make sense or no sense at all. There were times I was right there in Jerusalem or Nazareth engaged in what Jesus might have been feeling or what he was seeing and hearing.
Rice explores Jesus' youth, and tells of his family's journey from Egypt to Judea and of the requisite strife they encounter along the way. The novel follows the young Jesus as he starts to learn about his divine heritage and experiments with his mysterious healing powers. . Heine is also bound by the source material, which, while an honest and heartfelt attempt to explore the all-but-unknown youth of Jesus, fails to live up to its lofty ambitions. But most tales tend to focus on his last days and eventual crucifixion. From Publishers Weekly Believer and nonbeliever alike are familiar with the story of Jesus Christ. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Though competent, Heine's reading lacks any spark or fire to it, making the overall result rather bland. Heine narrates in an earnest, youthful
Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Ricegives us now her most thoughtful and powerful book, a novel about the childhood of Christ the Lord based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.The book’s power derives from the passion its author brings to the writing, and the way in which she summons up the voice, the presence, the words of the young Jesus who tells the story.