Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel | Anne Rice

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel | Anne Rice | A beautiful book

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	Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel Anne Rice Ballantine Books, 2008 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 305 reviews view larger image
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Christ the Lord, Out of Egypt

Incredible piece of historical fiction. The research and detail is impressive. Anne Rice, though an unlikely author for such a work, has done a most excellent job of presenting an extremely plausible account of Jesus' childhood based on what we know of the scriptures and history. It does utilize both Catholic and Protestant sources, and therefore may be troubling for some, but it is worth the read just to get the rich detail of life during this period of history.

A beautiful book

I loved this book. I am a 35yr old married w/kids female who has always been intrigued by the stories of Christ. Anne Rice takes us into a different era of Christ's life--making him more human & child. I wished the book were longer!

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Another great!

I loved this book! Even though this is a "story" that most of us know, I found it to be a real page-turner that I couldn't put down until I finished it.

Jesus At 7 Years of Age?

What were the experiences of Jesus like as a seven year old boy? What was he thinking about the things that he saw going on around him? Did he have insights that surprised himself? In what ways was he growing in his understanding of his incredible, unique identity?

Obviously, we don't really know the answers to those questions, they haven't been given to us. But Anne Rice gives a compelling, fair, touching, respectful fictional account of how it might have happened.

Rice makes an interesting decision to tell the story with young Jesus, himself, as the narrator. If I had to guess, without reading the book, I would have thought that might not be a very good idea, but once again, my uninformed guess would have been wrong--that's the third time this week, darn it! It turns out to work very well.

Rice has done a thorough job of researching the historical milieu. The pictures that she paints are vivid and memorable; and the details are accurate. Rice also read widely and critically among New Testament theologians--that, alone, could give you a headache--and so she is well informed and crafts the character of Jesus in a convincing way.

As a Christian, I am sure I would have disliked this novel if it had been another attempt to discredit and demean Jesus. But it's not. Rice had a religious conversion experience prior to writing the novel--which she writes about in the "author's note"--and I greatly appreciate that this was written by someone who loves and respects Jesus.

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Classic Rice

This is classic Anne Rice at her best - she creates characters we care about and paints us a vivid view of a historical snapshot in time. I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed her other books and for the same reasons.

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