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

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	Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel Anne Rice Ballantine Books, 2008 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 291 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice gives us now her most ambitious and courageous book, a novel about the early years 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 Jesus who tells the story.

From the Hardcover edition.

great christian read

I was a little skeptical about the portraial of Christ by Anne Rice. She does have a history of writting dark books. I was very suprised and loved the way she wove the historical account of his life in with a real life account of the way it could of happened.

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She built her reputation writing books about vampires and witches, exploring her own faith as her characters wrestled with timeless themes of good and evil. Now Anne Rice has taken on the story of Christ himself. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt is a novel written as a first-person account by Jesus of his very early years. In an afterword Rice details her research -- the years she spent studying Christ and his times, delving deeply into academic treatises. ..

Who knew?

I don't know what I expected when I ordered the book, I bought it because Rice's new book Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (Christ the Lord)piqued my curiosity at the store and because I loved Memnoch The Devil for the way it made me think about what I thought I knew about my religion.
My first (and immediate) reaction was, leave it to Ann Rice to have the audacity use first person narration as God! What else has she got in store for me? I couldn't put it down! I have recomended the book to every recovery Roman Catholic I know. Loaned it out twice, and plan to at least skim it again before I read the next one, which I wanted to wait a while to do so that I could reflect more on this one.
I still can't say exactly what my reaction is, only that I'm still reflecting, that it seems to have given an element of believability to things I dismissed as religious propaganda.
A great read for the faithful and the fallen!

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Christ the Lord Out of Egypt

I was very impressed with Ms Rice's style of writing. It was as though you were hearing the story first hand from Jesus himself. It put Jesus in a human perspective and her style of presenting Him in this manner made this a believable story. I found myself picturing in my mind as I read along that I was actually there and observing the events myself. Excellent piece of work. I have recommended this book to all my friends.

New Genre for Rice

CHRIST THE LORD, Out of Egypt
By Anne Rice
Not into sucking vampires or horror genres, I'd never read anything by Anne Rice.
When I heard Rice had become a Christian and changed her writing goals, I was intrigued. Then I discovered this book.
The orthodox canon of scripture says little about Jesus as a child, so Rice wrote with imagination and speculation. She admits the book is fiction, but based on a great deal of research. I may not totally agree with Anne Rice's theology, but I found the volume plausible.
She writes of Jesus' probable life as a seven-year-old on his family's journey from Egypt to a new sojourn in Nazareth.
Our canon says Christ was tempted like every person is, which means he experienced things that taught him to fully understand humanity. In Rice's book, the young Jesus faces questions that surely Christ wondered about: Why did villagers look askance at his mother? What happened at his birth? Rice gives him believable emotions, such as childhood fear when accosted by the evil one and typical difficulties with social challenges in Jewish villages.
Rice also clearly portrays Christ's deity.
I was challenged by Rice's goal, expressed in her introduction, from now on to write only for God. I wish her success and hope to emulate her goals.
© Geni J. White

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