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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ - Community Reviews back

by Philip Pullman
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jennifermcbride
jennifermcbride rated it 14 years ago
A clever re-telling of the Christ story with Jesus and Christ being two separate men
Tiny Library
Tiny Library rated it 14 years ago
This retelling of the story of Jesus' life is part of the Myth series that gave us Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood and Jeanette Winterson's Atlas. I chose it because I love Philip Pullman, and will read anything that he writes. I know that it is controversial for some Christians (who Pullman had alr...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 15 years ago
An interesting and provocative retelling of the gospels. Pullman does a fine job of skewering the absurdities and hnypocrisies of organized religion as he does in His Dark Materials trilogy.
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 15 years ago
Absolutely riveting re-imagining of the Jesus story, with lots of recourse to the Gnostic Gospels. The conceit here is that Jesus and Christ are twins, and Jesus is the guy with the message- the guy who heals the sick, the guy who has that no-nonsense spirituality one might recognize from parts of t...
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