The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (Myths) (Canons) (Text Myth)

by Philip Pullman

This is not a gospel. This is a story.

In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told.

Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become stories.

• ISBN10: 1847678270
• ISBN13: 9781847678270
• Publish Date: 1 April 2010
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 11 August 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Canongate Books
• Edition: Main
• Format: Audiobook (CD)
• Pages: 4
• Language: English

Reviews

[Eve1972]

This was just OK for me. The concept is interesting, Mary gives birth to two boys, one she names Jesus the other Christ. Christ represents the church and how it has exploited the "historical" Jesus through out the ages. Like I said, a good concept, but as it was presented in this book, not at all that thought provoking. The novel is pretty short, with short chapters (with all those Bible stories you learned as a child) which makes it an easy read. I wish it had been longer, delved deeper and had not been so blatantly obvious what the author was trying to say.