I was hesitant to write a review because although I enjoyed it very much in the fictional, my mind fought with the reality. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. As fiction, though, the book's first half is slow going. Motion picture rights to Christ the Lord, Out of Egypt, have been optioned by Cyrus and Betsy Nowrasteh and Chris Columbus of the 1492 company. Many people say it's written in the voice of a seven-year-old, but the narrator at one point actually writes something like, "But I was a child then and there were many things I didn't understand." How about Anne Rice? Among the renderings of Jesus have been Jim Crace's sensuous isolate in Quarantine and Norman Mailer's ecstatic bombaster in The Gospel According to the Son. Not only does Rice offer up a strong and clear portrait of the savior as a young man, she narrates the Many found Rice's narrative in Jesus's first-person voice irreverant. My other critique is that not much happens - this short period of time, while Jesus is 7, there were a few engaging moments there that had me at rapt attention, but then the. What do you know when you’re seven years old? The insights based on the history of Israel and Egypt at the time are valuable. This book has impacted me in ways that no book has ever in the past. But Joseph will not be swayed, and the family sets sail, with aunts, uncles, and cousins in tow as well. At the age of 7, Jesus Bar-Joseph lives with his family in Alexandria, Egypt, where they have fled to avoid a massacre of children by King Herod of Israel. But this potentially dynamic setting remains inert. I will likely read the next book though because I think that perhaps it will contain more. Reviewed by Melvin Jules Bukiet Copyright 2005, The Washington Post. I wasn't sent here to hear them sing! "You go," said Old Sarah. Mary says, "Think of all the signs. It's a very interesting historical fiction book written from the point of Jesus as a young boy. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Only 16 left in stock (more on the way). My main issue was that the text started to read like the Bible - this person's related to this person who's related to that person who begot this person, and I sort of started tuning all that out. Guard it until your Father in Heaven shows you the time to use it. This is the first of Ann Rice's books I have read. Jesus also has a large family of brothers and sisters but it is unclear as to whether or not they were half brothers or not. To breathe and sweat and thirst and sometimes cry.”, “You are the son of the Lord God! This is supposed to be Jesus telling his own story, not as a child but as a man (there are some nods to "when I was a child, I spoke as a child" in the narrative, just in case you didn't catch on that this is JESUS THE CHRIST narrating, even though I believe it was Paul who was supposed to have written those words), and I'm just not buying that Jesus was Forrest Gump with a better copy editor. A Vary Interesting Book Based On Jesus' Early Childhood. I really enjoyed it and I fully recommend it to everyone, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2016. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel. For instance, we're told, "Joseph and Mary were cousins themselves of each other, that meant happiness for both of them." As for the plot, it's a year in the life of a rather plodding 7-year-old boy. And blood figures prominently in their stories. "Incorporates the latest New Testament scholarship to offer a fictional chronicle of the early years of Jesus Christ." The culture, the beliefs of the Jews, the education of Christ, the struggles of Jesus himself to understand just who and what He was even at the tender age of which he is depicted within the story....all of the elements draw you into a time that we can never fully understand. It is told from the first person perspective of child Jesus. I was so excited to read this book because this is the one Ann Rice wrote as a Christian. Then he describes himself as having "the mind of a child who had grown up sleeping in a room with men and women in that same room and in other rooms open to it, and sleeping in the open courtyard with the men and women in the heat of summer, and living always close with them, and hearing and seeing many things," none of which he shares with us. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. Hb., 336 pp. Stunned into earnestness by a personal tragedy that she refers to in an afterword, Rice cannot summon any of the literary blood that throbbed through her multiple neck-biters. I expected controversy from Anne Rice, but I have to say that she handled the subject of Jesus' boyhood with dignity and reverence. It's the one great quality the Bible has in abundance, as revealed by either the chiseled spareness of Everett Fox's translation of Genesis or the luscious oratory of King James. Thoughtful people of faith, or people just interested in the person of Jesus. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. I love her vampire novels, of course, and I have always been a fan. The whole night was quiet, except for his breathing, and the crunch under his feet as he tried to get his footing. Since reports of her reversion to Catholicismstarted filling the press, I’ve been eager to read this new book. But a great read! Of course, it is not "true," nor is it Biblical. I can only remember reading one Anne Rice novel before and I know I liked it - I think it was the one about the Mayfair Witches. Sorry. Yet, in Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, that is just what she has done. Another thing to note is that Rice is a devout Catholic, and her interpretation of elements such as Mary's personality and the nature of her marriage are very much informed by this. (2010). But it is not a book about vampires either. My main issue was that the text started to read like the Bible - this person's related to this person who's related to that person who begot this person, and I sort of started tuning all that out. It seemed kind of vague. This is the first Anne Rice book I've ever read, so I can't tell you if it's better than or worse than her other bestsellers. They find themselves caught in a revolution after the death of the first King Herod, ruler of the portion of the Roman Empire that includes Israel. A dozen of other gothic works most of them landing in New York Times Bestsellers lists. I grew up Christian and went to Christian schools K-12, so I have a lot of knowledge on Christianity both from that and person research and I totally agreed with Rice's author notes on how there are so many critics who attack Jesus and don't focus on the history. It is also the first of her books written since her return to her childhood Catholic faith following years of doubt. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. My fears were apparently somewhat justified. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Why are people so fascinated with the gnostic accounts? Does this book contain inappropriate content? She strives diligently, but she's so respectful that no messy humanity whatsoever comes from her deity. . Worse still, clumsy and outright ungrammatical prose infects every page. His curiosity and bewilderment of his own beginnings seems so human, especially in a young boy. In reading Rice's author's notes at the end, I realized just how much research and time she had invested into this endeavor. Then I'm reminded of the book I just published about Revelation; it, too, is fiction (well, 1/3 of it is fiction) and it, too, will surely be considered highly speculative by many. The level of historical research that went into this engaging novel is obvious. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? Alyssa Cole Pivots from Romance to a Gentrification Thriller. I understand that "Christ the Lord" is narrated by the child Jesus, but this book is so simple I felt like I was reading a children's book. I felt the narrative was clipped and undeveloped. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel (Life of Christ Book 1), Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (Life of Christ Book 2). How realistic is Rice’s portrait of Jesus as a young boy? I really liked getting to know the young Jesus so intimately... and the culture and landscape of his time. The invention of what happened to th. I'm trying to be fair; this really isn't my kind of book. From the Bible onward, a host of serious writers including Dante, Milton and Dostoyevsky has wrestled with divinity. Aiming for scrupulousness based on her self-described extensive research, Rice takes no imaginative leaps and refuses to offer any but the scantest of detail. Think of the night when the men from the East came." Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005) Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (2008) Songs of the Seraphim. Not only does Rice get the historical details of Jewish daily life in the Graeco-Roman culture of the first century absolutely right but she writes in a breathtaking way about the emotional journey of a 7-year-old boy who discovers he has supernatural powers because he is the son of God. A dozen of other gothic works most of them landing in New York Times Bestsellers lists. I really loved this book. Not a bad book, like I said, but felt it could have been so much more. I enjoyed this book and learned a lot from it! The invention of what happened to the Holy Family and all of the things that Jesus did are re-imagined and some of the imaginings are somewhat far from what we are taught as Christians, i.e. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers It is about Jesus when He was seven years old. I picked it up for 50 cents at a garage sale; I had heard about it and was intrigued, having read some of Anne Rice's vampire books. The film was released in the U.S. on March 11, 2016. Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018. Please try your request again later. You wonder, and keep an eye open for someone to drop a hint they didn't mean to drop, or did. The Witching Hour (1990) Lasher (1993) Taltos (1994) Single Novels Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Christian Historical Fiction (Kindle Store). She has a beautiful writers voice, that makes one feel as though one is there with young Jesus and his family. I can never know what to expect from Anne Rice. ISBN 0-375-41201-8. Meeting cousin Elizabeth for the first time, Jesus notes, "I thought her face pleasing in a way I couldn't put into words to myself." With the Holy Land in turmoil, seven-year-old Jesus and his family leave Egypt for the dangerous road home to Jerusalem. Perhaps we could tolerate a one-dimensional cast as long as the narrator/protagonist came alive on the page, but Rice's childhood Jesus is a cipher at the center of the book. I was also afraid that Rice might use a book about Jesus as an opportunity to make some “way out there” artistic point. I hope her conversion is real,I suspect it is. My only issue was that from Jesus's perspective, it didn't really explain fully what was happening around him at this time. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt is a profoundly moving book. Understanding his experiences and daily life as a Jewish person during those tumultuous times is what Anne Rice portrays in her book. Rice depicts him as having received a good education in Greek, educated in the literary tradition of Old Testament, so if you take that along with the stories Jesus tells in the Gospels, there's no reason to think his narrative style would not be more complex, perhaps even lyrical. Three erotic books about Sleeping Beauty (1983-1985). Silly question - is the author the same Anne Rice who wrote "Interview with a vampire"? Pandora (1998) (a Vampire Chronicle) Vittorio the Vampire (1999) The Mayfair Witches. I used this book to help my son better identify with and understand Christ - his life and the time in which he lived. The notion of Jesus à la Rice has a lot of appeal, especially after reading the first page of her previous book, Blood Canticle, which promises the lures she has reliably provided throughout her career: "a full-dress story . SHe treats the material with the love of the faithful despite it's gnostic narrative. So, I finally started to read it last night. Thank you. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt Page 13 . Christ the Lord. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt I read this book after receiving a recommendation from our Bible Study coordinator. As they travel, the boy tries to unlock the secret of his birth and comprehend his terrifying power to work miracles. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. My other critique is that not much happens - this short period of time, while Jesus is 7, there were a few engaging moments there that had me at rapt attention, but then there were others - the walking to the next town and the next town, that really didn't keep me interested. It was ok, not a difficult read and it didn't bore me, but it was just... not much there. Jesus has lived the first seven years of his life in Alexandria, Egypt. Your review handled this well. Have you seen the market?" We don't think about Christ needing to be protected from Himself and the people. any Bible teacher, advanced Bible students. At any rate, I don't regret reading it, but I'll be passing the book on to someone else. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt Page 16 . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2013. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Told in the voice of the seven-year-old Jesus, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt is the story of his return to the Holy Land after years of exile in Egypt and his gradual–at times fearful–acceptance of the wonders and the mysteries that set him apart from all others. I'd like to think, however, that my book is grounded in more solid research than Rice's; mine is, after all, hailed by other scholars as historically plausible. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. The death shook her up. I can tell that she did amazing in-depth research to write this, and she really brings alive the lifestyle, customs, and culture of Jews in Nazareth and Jerusalem at the time, which was interesting--so many Christians forget how devout a Jew Jesus was. The second book of the series Christ the Lord: The Road to Caanan is categorized as "religious". I especially liked the descriptions of the lighthouse at Alexandria and the riots at the Great Temple in Jerusalem. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. ', This was a great novel for putting the daily life of Christ into perspective and creating a picture of what Christ may have been like as a young child. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It is very well based on events in the Bible but there are additions, such as stories that were told to Jesus by his family, His eye witness account of the Romans desecrating the Temple in Jerusalem with all the horrors of the fires and people being killed in large numbers. Night and day. It will neither offend believers the way author Nikos Kazantzakis and director Martin Scorsese did in "The Last Temptation of Christ" nor satisfy evangelicals as did Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." After an angry mob shows up on Joseph and Mary's doorstep, they decide to leave Egypt in favor of the Holy Land, despite the protests of Jesus' teacher and Philo, a nobleman who has taken an interest in the thoughtful boy. Suitable for children as well as adults. A good easy read that could make you think what it "might" have been like. When she’s off, she’s very capable of writing a convoluted time-waster like Memnoch the Devil. I can never know what to expect from Anne Rice. The family fled to Egypt when Jesus was an infant to escape the evil designs of Herod the Great. The first book I've read for 2006 is "Christ the Lord - Out of Egypt" by Anne Rice. . A Good Novel But Rice Writes From a Roman Catholic Perspective and Draws From False Gospels, Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2018. I liked okay, but I liked it more after I read the author's notes at the end depicting briefly her coming back to the (Catholic) church and God and. 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