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Summary: Christian reading can be both fun and instructive
Review: A great book dealing with the Christ resurrection. Excellently written, the dialogues and characters are so vivid, it's like everything is happening before your eyes.
The author masterly used the vast information he had gathered from the Bible and other sources to construct his case, never getting into contradiction with the biblical authors. It is true he left out some small facts, e.g. Mary Magdalene's vision of Jesus at the tomb, but this doesn't undermine the final conclusion.
All in all, a must for those interested in Jesus, Christians and non-Christians alike.
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Summary: There is faith in fiction.
Review: Although this book is fiction it is written with a great deal
of Bible history and facts with new insights of what's
not recorded in Bible. The book has a moving story line about a man's journey from non-belief
to finding out the truth about the Man Jesus Christ and
what happened to him, and/so finding God.
The author gives a remarkable look at early Jerusalem and a
personal look at the disciples of Jesus as the the character wakes
up mysteriuosly from a fight to the time just after the resurrection
of Jesus; with the intent to try and prove what happened to the body
of Jesus after his burial.
The Book is Very entertaining and uplifting.
A Keeper! :-)
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Summary: There is faith in fiction.
Review: Although this book is fiction it is written with a great dealof Bible history and facts with new insights of what'snot recorded in Bible. The book has a moving story line about a man's journey from non-belief to finding out the truth about the Man Jesus Christ and what happened to him, and/so finding God. The author gives a remarkable look at early Jerusalem and a personal look at the disciples of Jesus as the the character wakes up mysteriuosly from a fight to the time just after the resurrection of Jesus; with the intent to try and prove what happened to the body of Jesus after his burial. The Book is Very entertaining and uplifting. A Keeper! :-)
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Summary: many flaws
Review: Although this book was intriguing, I was nonetheless tempted to put it down and not return several times. Some of the points the main character brings up during his skepticism were never resolved, except with the age-old response of "faith". That is fine, as this is what the religion tells us is required, but the blurb on back insinuated that this book "solved the mystery", and *that* it definitely did not. There are details that a Biblical anthropologist would applaud, but many more that would cause the same to grit their teeth in frustration, *IF* they forgot for a moment that this book is *completely* fictional. Herein lies my disappointment in the book. Rather than leading a seeking reader to explore, or merely entertaining us for an evening, it insinuates that it is the TRUTH. And for those not familiar with historical fact, it could very well seem to be. Another disappointment was the interweaving of some legends, while blatantly ignoring others. What of Joseph of Arimathea building a church on Glastonbury or of Lazarus, Martha and Mary (magdalene) of Bethany moving and eventually dying in Southern France? These legends hold that these relocations happened within a year of the crucufuction. None hold that these people remained in Jerusalem. Overall, I wish I had not read this book, for it frustrated me more than entertained me.
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Summary: All Questions Answered
Review: An incredible journey, back to the time when Christ was crucified, and the events surrounding his death and ressurection. All the questions you ask yourself after reading the account in the Bible are answered here in story form, and actual "interviews" are placed with the disciples of old. The book puts you right there, and lets you feel the fear and anxiety of being one of the chosen, and how your faith can be put to the test.
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Summary: One of my all-time favorites!
Review: As other reviewers have said, this one keeps getting lent out and subsequently, purchased over and over. I came today for my 4th or 5th copy... I can't remember. Although fiction, I caught myself saying over and over "Yeah, that could've happened"!
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Summary: One of my all-time favorites!
Review: As other reviewers have said, this one keeps getting lent out and subsequently, purchased over and over. I came today for my 4th or 5th copy... I can't remember. Although fiction, I caught myself saying over and over "Yeah, that could've happened"!
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Summary: Inspirational Without Being Overbearing
Review: Even though this is a work of fiction, Og Mandino has done a wonderful job assembling a cohesive story around the six years following Jesus' death and resurrection.
While appearing on the Tonight Show to discuss his recent book, Mystery writer Matt Lawrence is asked by Johnny Carson if there is a mystery out there Lawrence would like to explore further. Lawrence states he's always been intrigued with the death of Jesus and would like to put the resurrection to the test. This would be done by forming a commission to explore the event and interview the key characters. By insinuating that the resurrection was possibly a hoax, Lawrence angers the crowd and, while at a bar after the show, is knocked unconscious after a fight.
Lawrence wakes up in first century Jerusalem, in the home of Joseph of Aramathia, six years after the death of Jesus. With Joseph as his guide, Lawrence has been given the opportunity to take on the role of his fictional Christ commission and interview Ciaphas, Matthew, Mark, John, Peter, Pilate, Mary Magdelane, and Nicodemus among others who had been involved with Jesus. Mandino takes creative liberties with the interviews, but does an excellent job of tying everything together for a satisfactory ending.
I'm now reading this for the second time and have enjoyed this book almost as much as the first time I read it. After being bombarded with negative news from the papers, television, and radio, reading something inspirational like this was just the ticket. And Mandino does a great job of providing this inspirational message without being overbearing, and that adds to the beauty of this book.
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Summary: An interesting perspective on Christ's life and death
Review: I found this book to be a wonderful perspective of Christ's life and death. I highly recommend this to believers as well as non-believers as it asks the question... How in the world could this story of Christ be true??? And the narrator sets out to find out how Christ's body could have come to be gone from the tomb.This was my first Og Mandino book to read... definately not the last.
Rating:
Summary: An interesting perspective on Christ's life and death
Review: I found this book to be a wonderful perspective of Christ's life and death. I highly recommend this to believers as well as non-believers as it asks the question... How in the world could this story of Christ be true??? And the narrator sets out to find out how Christ's body could have come to be gone from the tomb. This was my first Og Mandino book to read... definately not the last.
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