Product Description

Walter Wangerin's much-acclaimed retelling of the Bible as a novel, "The Book of God", has sold over 1.5 million copies in 20 languages worldwide. The award-winning author now turns his attention to the controversial and charismatic person of Jesus. The story is told by two of Jesus' closest confidantes - his mother Mary and his beloved disciple. Together, they provide a compelling account of Jesus' revolutionary ministry, as his loyal following and the opposition against him increases daily. At the height of his popularity, through the blind ambition and tragic misunderstanding of one of his closest friends, he is handed over to his enemies. Yet this act of cowardice will enable Jesus to fulfil his ultimate mission...Faithful to the gospel accounts and expertly retold, this is an engrossing read for all intrigued by the person of Jesus - Christians and non-Christians alike.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #150765 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
WALTER WANGERIN JR is the bestselling author of The Book of God. His story The Book of the Dun Cow won the National Book Award in the USA. He has since won many other awards for his books, which include Ragaman and other Stories of Faith and The Book of Sorrows. He is writer-in- residence at Valparaiso University. He and his wife live in Valparaiso, Indiana, USA.

Customer Reviews

Jesus a Novel
Many people would like to have a more rounded picture of Jesus than the gospels portray. How did Jesus Mother feel as he left home and her on a radically different career to most? If Jesus a Novel impresses upon us anything, it must be that God himself took on human flesh and lived amoung us. Walter Wangerin uses his experience as a believer to make Jesus life relevant to people in today's culture. Take a read you might just be surprised and learn something too!

Not as good as the real thing
Ok - lets write a novel about Jesus. Hmmm I have tried to read this book. But it fails on a number of points:-

a. The Bible is better
b. Not sure changing Jesus' words help - they are more like 1600's!
c. To repeat the Bible is better, clear and just better!

Not really worth buying.

Seriously?
From the quote in the blurb: "Angels in legions sang when you were born, my beautiful Yeshi! At midnight they poured down from the heavens, every one a whirling star, ten thousand voices in a sky-borne choir. 'Glory,' they sang, and I felt the bedrock tremble. You popped your eyes open. You peered around, seeking the source of the music and waving your hands as if to catch the stars in them!"

It would take a heart of stone not to laugh. Ten thousand voices in a sky-borne choir, and you popped your eyes open. Such mastery of language is just breathtaking, isn't it?

I have browsed this book several times and never once managed to keep a straight face. Surely the point of a novelisation of the life of Jesus is to give a new perspective on a well-known tale, to make it real for the readers of the 21st Century? This Jesus, unfortunately, speaks exactly like a 17th Century Englishman. Upon reappearing after his Resurrection (not to spoil the plot, or anything!) his first words to his disciples, in the Gospel According to Wangerin, are actually, "And lo!"

A totally devotional work of zero artistic, philosophical or even religious value, pulled together by an utter hack.