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. Anyone who found monty pythons classic film the life of brian offensive should probably stay far away from christopher moores lamb. According to lamb, gaspar, melchior, and balthasar are all sages of their various spiritual traditions. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal reprint by moore, christopher isbn.
The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. Look no further, because christs childhood pal, levi, who was called biff, has been resurrected by the angels and blessed with the gift of tongues in order to record his experience growing up as the lamb of gods best friend. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal wikipedia. In the name of all that is holy, read about biff and joshs adventures together.
Biff was there at his side, and now after two thousand years, he shares those good, bad, ugly, and miraculous times. Lamb is one of those books that makes you think a little differently once you finish it and leaves you with one of the largest book hangovers of all time. The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and. Biff is jesus best childhood friend, and biff has been raised from the dead to write his witness of jesus young life. They hole up in a hotel room where raziel gets hooked on television soaps and biff tells the story of his lifelong devotion to his. Biff and jesus known by his friends as josh lead the lives of normal jewish little boys, save for the fact that josh can raise the dead mostly lizards, to freak out his friends. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, by christopher moore it would be fun, we thought, to read together and discuss the book. Moores narrator is levi, the son of alphaeus, generally held to be the same disciple as matthew, but here a. On something of a whim, hannah of things matter, and diana of part time monster, and i decided to read lamb. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal kindle edition by moore, christopher.
They hole up in a hotel room where raziel gets hooked on television soaps and biff tells the story of his lifelong devotion to his friend joshua jesus, he tells us, is the greek. Josh healing a little girls hand and then showing her how to give the finger to a roman soldier. It follows their friendship from kids all the way through to his death and resurrection on the cross. Naturally i chose a book i thought hed like, but one that id not yet read myself, so i could borrow it from him. Fortunately for us, its better written than anything else hes written. You think you know how this story is going to end, but you dont.
The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal christopher moore, author. 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. However, the origin of the word judo is at the top of the list. Lamb is the story of biff writing his and his buddy jesus christs aka joshuas story. The fictionalised account is a firstperson narrative from the perspective of biff who is brought back to life in the present day to write a gospel that tells the whole. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide moore, christopher, 1957. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore at indigo. 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. Heaven assigns the task to raise biff, a childhood friend of jesus christ, from the dead to an angel named raziel. 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. Christopher moore, the author of 15 wacky novels, explains in an. Hello fellow wikipedians, i have just modified one external link on lamb. My husband gave me the rare opportunity of picking out a book for him to read before we went on a recent trip.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lamb. Lamb follows the fictional gospel according to christs best friend biff. Listened to this on audiobook during a recent road trip. The gospel according to biff quiz christopher moore this study guide consists of approximately 49 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of lamb. Lamb is not written as a serious history of christs life, nor is moore seeking to mock anyone. The novels subtitle, the gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, should explain why. The first time i saw the man who would save the world he was sitting near the central well in nazareth with a lizard hanging out of his mouth. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by.
An audacious and irreverent novel about jesus childhood seen through the eyes of his best pal. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing years except biff, the messiahs best. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore about the book 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 is a humorous novel by christopher moore. The reason he doesnt show up in the actual bible is that he was kind of a jerk and the other apostles conspired to keep him out of it or so he figures. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal series. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal read online free from your pc or mobile. If you like what you hear so far, comment and i shall continue the story. The original edition of lamb was issued in hardback and paperback and contains an afterword by the author explaining some background of the novel. 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. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, and i cant wait for him to. At the age of twelve, however, when most boys are beginning to learn trades under their fathers and train for their adulthoods, josh is told by an angel that he is the son of god, and that his destiny is to become.
The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal is the sixth novel by absurdist author christopher moore, published in 2002. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Its hard to pick one scene from lamb the gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore.
The book is purely fictional with details taken from many sources. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal audible. The lamb is by john r cross, published by goodseed international. Under raziels supervision, biff must write his gospel to explain what jesus, whose hebrew name is joshua, did before he started preaching. It is a fullyillustrated picture book for children aged 5 and above. A large portion of the book contains stories of the adventures which biff and joshua have while visiting the three wise men who, according to tradition, were the first gentiles to see the baby jesus in bethlehem. His latest, lamb, finds a more moderate pace, a more grounded subject, and a story thats more his size. For those who arent afraid of looking at religion with a sense of humor this is a.
If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal 00 prologue. Humorous, historical a childhood pal of the savior is brought back from the dead to fill in the missing. Christopher moores latest novel may be moody, but its as daffy as. The premise of this book is that biff, whose real name is levi bar alphaeus, was jesus best friend and constant companion during the period of jesus life that doesnt get a lot of page space in the gospels according to matthew, mark, luke, and john. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal and millions of other books are available for instant access. Two thousand years after christ, the angel raziel gets dirtduty again this time to raise up our narrator levi, also known as biff, to write his own gospel. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal reprint by christopher moore isbn. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, by christopher moore online on bookmate the birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divi. I was subjected to 12 years of catholic school and mass every sunday for even longer than that so when i heard of the existence of a humorous book about jesus missing years, i jumped for it with all the lapsedcatholic. Theres a lot of very humorous moments, and the book was actually quite well researched and i was quite impressed. Its not designed to change anyones beliefs or worldview, unless after reading it youve decided to be kinder to your fellow humans which is okay or you decided you really would like to try to teach yoga to an elephant, in which case, please get.
I teach sunday school and bible studies, and i believe every christian with a sense of humor should read this book. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore. Typical of christopher more, there is plenty of chuckles. Enter christopher moores biff, resurrected by the angel raziel and held captive in a new york city hotel room until he records a new gospel. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It explains the gospel in an objective manner, from creation to the cross, in a way that children can understand without compromising on accuracy. Lamb is the story of the missing years of jesus, as told by his best pal biff. Regardless of your religious beliefs, this book is 1010 for you. 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. In 2001, jesus decides that someone should write the missing gospel of his childhood, and he selects levicalled biffthe wisecracking companion.