Book Review: Lamb – The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Book: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
Author: Christopher Moore
Genre: Historical Fiction
Comments:
Lamb is an irreverent and personal look at what Christ would have been like in the intervening years between birth and death. The years the bible does not cover. The story is told by his best friend, Biff, who traveled with Christ as Jesus searched for the solution to his one question – how do I become the Messiah?
While this book may sound pretty blasphemous (and by all accounts, it probably is) it is a wonderful look at Jesus Christ – a human look at a man who was trying to get his message across to a bunch of dolts.
Christopher Moore is a true genius. He manages to get the cultural idiosyncrasies across – the ones that show why certain things in the Bible occurred. He also has some fantastic quotes that really hit the nail on the head as far as humanity and what Jesus Christ means to us (my favorite is “No one’s perfect. Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him”).
This book is great for most people. If you are deeply religious and will get offended easily by an irreverent, but very respectful look at Christ, don’t read it. If you aren’t Christian or you aren’t very Christian or you won’t get offended, read it. It represents some beautiful ideals that I think anyone will love, and it’s really funny.