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First edition, hardcover, signed, near fine in fine dust jacket. The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teaching. The novels subtitle, the gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, should explain why. Archie ferguson signed by the author on the title page. Lamb is one of the most outrageous jesus books you will ever read. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal wikipedia. This book was suggested to me by a friend and i was a skeptic, i. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore is mental. 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. 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. Lamb is not written as a serious history of christs life, nor is moore seeking to mock anyone. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal. 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. 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.

The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore 2004, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Just what was jesus doing during the many years that have gone unrecorded in the bible. Everyone knows about the immaculate conception and the crucifixion. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal is a novel by american writer christopher moore, published in 2002. 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. My husband gave me the rare opportunity of picking out a book for him to read before we went on a recent trip. Id like to think that jesus was lucky enough to have had a friend like biff wellintentioned, if slightly dim, fallible, but loyal to a fault.

At every book signing, somebody will tell me its his favorite book. 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 majority of the plot centers around jesus called joshua and biff as they wander about in the firstcentury. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, and i cant wait for him to. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal moore. Christopher moore has an answer in his latest novel lamb. Buy this book a childhood pal of the savior is brought back from the dead to fill in the missing 30year gap in the gospels in. But what happened to jesus between the manger and the sermon on the mount. Typical of christopher more, there is plenty of chuckles. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, his friend s name was joshua. Along the way, they absorbed many buddhist, taoist and hindu attitudes which informed joshuas later preaching.

Lamb is the story of biff writing his and his buddy jesus christs aka joshuas story. The dialogue between biff and joshua is hilarious, tongueincheek, but never never crosses the line into tackiness or disrespect. So, if youre a christopher moore fan, go out and buy this book. Biff paints a most flattering, touching and realistic picture of his childhood friend joshua and how he became the saviour or mankind. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal kindle edition by moore, christopher. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by christopher moore. 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 friend. Lamb by christopher moore book cover, description, publication history. The origin told through the eyes of levi bar alphaeus, who is called biff, who just happens to be jesus christs best friend. 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. Review lamb jesus christ and his best friend walk into.

The book is very original and entertaining, i read the whole thing in three days, just couldnt take my eyes off it. Totally mental and fantastically funny, but very very irreverent. The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. Louis with the angel raziel, who is there to insure that he gets the writing job done. As biff notes at the beginning of christopher moores comic 2002 novel lamb.

Yeah, but when he walks into the store the waves part in. Mary magdalene, especially, as she plays the role of jesus s love interest. Builds an estate and then hasnt the peace of mind to live in it. Jesus, he explains, is a greek translation of the hebrew name yeshua. But if you want an extremely funny book that makes you think about how difficult it must have been to be a messiah, this is the novel for you. First edition, hardcover, signed, near fine in fine dust jacket, 408 pp. 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. 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. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal by. So he takes his best friend, biff, and they go on a quest to find the three wise men who were present at his birth. 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. Biff was jesuss best friend ever since he stumbled on the sixyearold messiah resurrecting lizards in the desert. Lamb the gospel according to biff christs childhood friend. This book is a fictional story of jesus christs first 33 years as told by his best friend biff. In this hilarious and bold novel, the acclaimed christopher moore shares the greatest story never told.

Biff is resurrected and locked in a hotel suite in st. Jesus just wants to know more about his father, and about his purpose on earth. The first section of the novel tells of the adventures of biff, joshua, and maggie mary of magdala in and around nazareth. Biff is jesus best childhood friend, and biff has been raised from the dead to write his witness of jesus young life. 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. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal, his friends name was joshua. 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. He has sex a lot, curses, learns to fight, and is generally a pain in the ass. In between epistolary moments where he marvels about modern life, biff pens his gospel, filling in a lot of the blanks of jesus. Im sure many christians would be mildly or profoundly offended by this book but at the very least it will prompt you to think of different aspects of christs life. It is plausible, amusing, funny in places and tragic in others. In 2001, jesus decides that someone should write the missing gospel of his childhood, and he selects levicalled biffthe wisecracking companion and alter ego of his youth. 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. Hinton novel rumble fish biff, a nickname of george costanza in the tv series seinfeld, named after loman biff, nickname of levi, jesus best friend in lamb.

The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal 00 prologue. Lamb christopher moore paperback harpercollins publishers. In 2001, jesus decides that someone should write the missing gospel of his childhood, and he selects levicalled biffthe wisecracking companion. The story starts two thousand years after jesus was crucified, when biff, being his closest companion, is brought back to life to tell. The gospel according to biff, christs childhood pal is a novel by american writer. But no one knows about the early life of the son of god, the missing years except biff, the messiahs best. 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 interview was conducted via email in order to accommodate moores book tour.

Bible verses related to jesus as a friend from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order john 15. Anyone who found monty pythons classic film the life of brian offensive should probably stay far away from christopher moores lamb. The birth of jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts. This booka ridiculous, hilarious novelwill have you searching everywhere for a ticket into moores mind. According to biff, the two of them went east so that josh could learn, from the three wise men, how to become the messiah. Biff is levi bar alphaeus, son of a stonemason and childhood friend of joshua yeshua bar jehovah, son of god. 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. Biff tannen, in the back to the future film trilogy. An audacious and irreverent novel about jesus childhood seen through the eyes of his best pal. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lamb.