Thus begins a hilarious, epic tale that seeks to fill in the gaps in Joshua's life - after all, the Gospels skip most of the events between Christ's birth and the years immediately preceding the crucifixion. The buddy is Levi who is called Biff, who first met the future savior at age 6 when Joshua was resurrecting smooshed lizards for fun. It's more than a small anachronism that I portray Joshua having and making fun, yet somehow, I like to think that while he carried out his sacred mission, Jesus of Nazareth might have enjoyed a sense of irony and the company of a wisecracking buddy." As Moore writes in his end notes, "the world of the first-century Jew under the rule of the Romans would not have been one that easily inspired mirth. Rather, he's writing from the assumption that Jesus (or Joshua, which is a closer approximation of the original Hebrew name) enjoyed a good laugh now and again. Lamb is not written as a serious history of Christ's life, nor is Moore seeking to mock anyone's favorite religion. The novel's subtitle, The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, should explain why. Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood PalĪnyone who found Monty Python's classic film The Life of Brian offensive should probably stay far away from Christopher Moore's Lamb.
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