Theres a lot of very humorous moments, and the book was actually quite well researched and i was quite impressed. Just what was jesus doing during the many years that have gone. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing years except biff, the messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work reminiscent of vonnegut and douglas adams. Biff tells the story of his lifelong devotion to his friend joshua jesus, he tells us, is the greek.
The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal is a novel by american writer christopher moore, published in 2002. The book is very original and entertaining, i read the whole thing in three days, just couldnt take my eyes off it. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal paperback may 25 2004. The rest of us, however, enjoy reading the fictionalized account of jesus s called joshua in moores book childhood, as told by his friend levi, otherwise known as biff. This booka ridiculous, hilarious novelwill have you searching everywhere for a ticket into moores mind. But until he really started getting the word of god out there, theres little recorded information about his life. Oct, 2009 everyone knows about the immaculate conception and the crucifixion.
So, if youre a christopher moore fan, go out and buy this book. Moore offers a notquitekosher look at the life of jesus, specifically his missing youngadult years, through the eyes of an extra apostle biff, jesus s childhood best friend. It covered jesus through his childhood and adolescence especially his childhood and adolescence. Everyone knows about the immaculate conception and the crucifixion. The dialogue between biff and joshua is hilarious, tongueincheek, but never never crosses the line into tackiness or disrespect. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lamb.
What moore does in his book is to provide context, hilarious context, to new testament stories. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, his friend s name was joshua. Mar 12, 2020 this book dictates the life of jesus through the character biff, who feels some consternation at being brought back from the dead to write about his best friend. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing yearsexcept biff, the messiahs best childhood friend, who.
Biff paints a most flattering, touching and realistic picture of his childhood friend joshua and how he became the saviour or mankind. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing yearsexcept biff, the messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in this divinely hilarious, yet heartfelt work reminiscent of vonnegut and douglas adams philadelphia. Nov 28, 2015 i was lent a copy of this book and thought. Lamb is not written as a serious history of christs life, nor is moore seeking to. Its probably not the book for you if youre easily offended by sex, swearing, violence, or favorable portrayals of connections between christian, buddhist and hindu beliefs. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore. It follows their friendship from kids all the way through to his death and resurrection on the cross. Heaven assigns the task to raise biff, a childhood friend of jesus christ, from the dead to an angel named raziel. I suppose youd have to say its irreverent, but unless you are pretty uptight, i think anyone would be hard pressed to claim that its disrespectful. Biff was there at his side, and now after two thousand years, he shares those good, bad, ugly, and miraculous times. In the bible, jesus is born, and then the next time we hear about him is when hes thirty and going around performing miracles and collecting followers.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Lamb follows the fictional gospel according to christs best friend biff. Lamb the gospel according to biff christs childhood friend. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal 00 prologue. In this hilarious and bold novel, the acclaimed christopher moore shares the greatest story never told. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. As biff notes at the beginning of christopher moores comic 2002 novel lamb.
This clever novel is surely blasphemy to some, but to. Christ, through the eyes of his childhood friend, biff. The majority of the plot centers around jesus called joshua and biff as they wander about in the firstcentury. The book is very original and entertaining, i read the whole thing in. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing yearsexcept biff, the messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work. In the beginning of the book, biff, jesus childhood friend and later disciple, is resurrected by an angel in order to write a new gospel.
Jesus, he explains, is a greek translation of the hebrew name yeshua. Christopher moore a humorous, speculative novel fills in the lost years of jesus life, told from the perspective of biff, his childhood best friend. The story starts two thousand years after jesus was crucified, when biff, being his closest companion, is brought back to life to tell the untold story of christs boyhood and adolescence. This clever novel is surely blasphemy to some, but to others its a comingofage story of the highest order. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing yearsexcept biff, the messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in this divinely hilarious, yet heartfelt work reminiscent of vonnegut and douglas adams. In this work the author seeks to fill in the lost years of jesus through the eyes of jesus childhood pal, levi bar alphaeus who is called biff the original edition of lamb was issued in hardback and paperback and contains an afterword by the author explaining. Told from the modern day perspective of jesus best friend, the book portrays the messiah. Biff was jesus best friend from the age of six up until the resurrection, and as the bible has famously omitted jesus life between the ages of 12 and 30 or so, biff decides that he is going to tell the story of what they were up to during those years, since he was there.
Lucky for us that christopher moore presents a funny, lighthearted satire of the life of christfrom his childhood days up to his crucifixionin lamb. Feb 22, 2011 in the beginning of the book, biff, jesus childhood friend and later disciple, is resurrected by an angel in order to write a new gospel. Lamb is subtitled the gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal. A gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal is told in the point of view of levi, or biff as we come to know him.
Anyone who found monty pythons classic film the life of brian offensive should probably stay far away from christopher moores lamb. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal wikipedia. Biff is jesus best childhood friend, and biff has been raised from the dead to write his witness of jesus young life. Moore offers a notquitekosher look at the life of jesus, specifically his missing youngadult years, through the eyes of an extra apostle biff, jesuss childhood best friend. If youve never read any moore, and youre looking for a book that will make you both laugh and think, i highly recommend lamb. The story tells the life of jesus called by his aramaic name of joshua in this book jesus is the greek version, apparently.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal christopher moore. Mar 01, 2002 the rest of us, however, enjoy reading the fictionalized account of jesuss called joshua in moores book childhood, as told by his friend levi, otherwise known as biff. The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore 2004, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Biff is levi bar alphaeus, son of a stonemason and childhood friend of. Biff is levi bar alphaeus, son of a stonemason and childhood friend of joshua yeshua bar jehovah, son of god.
The first third of the book is taken up with their attempts to settle in novilla, a city. In this work the author seeks to fill in the lost years of jesus through the eyes of jesus childhood pal, levi bar alphaeus who is called biff. The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and. Mary magdalene, especially, as she plays the role of jesus s love interest. The first third of the book is taken up with their attempts to settle in novilla, a city in this new country, which seems to be run on drably.
A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal series. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A highly recommended book for believers and nonbelievers alike. Lamb, the gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore is the most enjoyable book ive read in years. Fortunately for us, its better written than anything else hes written.
The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal paperback by christopher moore. Typical of christopher more, there is plenty of chuckles. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal 00. Its greek for the hebrew word messiah, meaning anointed. A childhood pal of the savior is brought back from the dead to fill in the missing 30year gap in the gospels in moores latest, an overthetop festival of sophomoric humor that stre. The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teaching. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal kindle edition by moore, christopher. Screamingly funny, audaciously fresh, lamb rivals the best of tom robbins and carl hiaasen, and is sure to please this gifted writers fans and win him legions more. Lamb the gospel according to biff christs childhood pal pdf. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal. The rest of us, however, enjoy reading the fictionalized account of jesuss called joshua in moores book childhood, as told by his friend levi, otherwise known as biff.
The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal christopher moore, 2002 harpercollins 464 pp. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing years except biff, the messiahs best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work reminiscent of vonnegut and douglas adams philadelphia. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal moore. May 25, 2004 the birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. Mar 22, 2017 as biff notes at the beginning of christopher moores comic 2002 novel lamb. Under raziels supervision, biff must write his gospel to explain what jesus, whose hebrew name is joshua, did before he started preaching.
It is plausible, amusing, funny in places and tragic in others. The book also details the invention of sarcasm, the pencil, and jewdo, but mostly it tells a sort of alternative history of jesus life from childhood as he learns how he, as the son of god, will become the messiah. The novels subtitle, the gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, should explain why. But what happened to jesus between the manger and the sermon on the mount. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Biff was there at his side, and now after two thousand years, he shares those good, bad, ugly, and. Humorous, historical a childhood pal of the savior is. Hilarious and surprisingly insightful, this book makes a great gift for the sarcastic spiritualist or for yourself.
Just what was jesus doing during the many years that have gone unrecorded in the bible. Christopher moore has an answer in his latest novel lamb. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal ist ein. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal 2002. On the one hand, moore takes jesus ministry relatively seriously, and seems to suggest how his message might have been formed. This book is a fictional story of jesus christs first 33 years as told by his best friend biff.