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Inspired by Elijya's recomendation thread in the comic forums. First up.....
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
The story is told from the perspective of Levi bar Alphaeus, a rather minor figure in the Bible who, in the novel, is Jesus' best friend and is usually refered to by his choldhood nick name, Biff, which he says is a Hebrew term meaning "someone who needs to be hit over the head repeatedly."
Biff is resurected in modern times by Raziel, a rather airheaded Angel who is more interested in watching Soap Operas than doing his job. Bif is charged with the task of writing his own Gospel because the powers that be are rather frustraited with Jesus' story being so inacurately represented.
Biff then writes down his account of the life of Jesus the Christ, who he refers to as Josh, since "Jesus" is in fact the Greek version of Joshua. While the book covers most of the more important parts of the New Testament, it covers one thing that there is no real record of: The time in between Joshua learning of his duty to enlighten the world at the age of ten and his actually preforming his duties at the age of thirty. Josh, not having seen enough of the world to enlighten it and completely dumfounded as how to go about such a task, sets out to the East with Biff in tow to track down the three wise men, Gaspar, Melchio, and Balthasar, and learn from them how to be the Messiah.
The story is, as you may have guessed, a comedy. But, it brings forth some very interesting ideas, such as Jesus' philosophies not only being influenced by Judaism, but other religions such as Buddhism and the practices of the Hindu Yogis. Of course, if all you're interested in is the funny, there's also a but where Biff tries to teach Josh about sex. Good stuff.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
The story is told from the perspective of Levi bar Alphaeus, a rather minor figure in the Bible who, in the novel, is Jesus' best friend and is usually refered to by his choldhood nick name, Biff, which he says is a Hebrew term meaning "someone who needs to be hit over the head repeatedly."
Biff is resurected in modern times by Raziel, a rather airheaded Angel who is more interested in watching Soap Operas than doing his job. Bif is charged with the task of writing his own Gospel because the powers that be are rather frustraited with Jesus' story being so inacurately represented.
Biff then writes down his account of the life of Jesus the Christ, who he refers to as Josh, since "Jesus" is in fact the Greek version of Joshua. While the book covers most of the more important parts of the New Testament, it covers one thing that there is no real record of: The time in between Joshua learning of his duty to enlighten the world at the age of ten and his actually preforming his duties at the age of thirty. Josh, not having seen enough of the world to enlighten it and completely dumfounded as how to go about such a task, sets out to the East with Biff in tow to track down the three wise men, Gaspar, Melchio, and Balthasar, and learn from them how to be the Messiah.
The story is, as you may have guessed, a comedy. But, it brings forth some very interesting ideas, such as Jesus' philosophies not only being influenced by Judaism, but other religions such as Buddhism and the practices of the Hindu Yogis. Of course, if all you're interested in is the funny, there's also a but where Biff tries to teach Josh about sex. Good stuff.
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