Theo Griepenkerl, A Canadian Linguistics Scholar, Is Sent To Iraq In Search Of Artifacts That Have Survived The Destruction And Looting Of The War. While Visiting A Museum In Mosul, He Finds Nine Papyrus Scrolls Tucked In The Belly Of A Bas-relief Sculpture: They Have Been Perfectly Preserved For More Than Two Thousand Years. After Smuggling Them Out Of Iraq And Translating Them From Aramaic, Theo Realizes The Extent Of His Career-making Find, For He Is In Possession Of The Fifth Gospel, And It Offers A Shocking And Incomparable Eyewitness Account Of Christ's Crucifixion And Last Days On Earth. Nakedly Ambitious And Recently Dumped By His Girlfriend, Theo Sets Out To Share His Discovery With The World In The Form Of A Headline--grabbing U.s. Book Tour. Caught In The Throes Of His Newfound Fame, Theo Fails To Consider The Global And Cultural Ramifications His Discovery Will Have With God-fearing Folks And Religious Zealots Worldwide. Like Prometheus's Gift Of Fire, Theo's Book Has Incendiary Consequences. Michel Faber.

Michel Faber

Edinburgh [Scotland] ; New York: Canongate

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Myths, Edinburgh [Scotland, 2008

Canongate Myths, FR, 2008

Illustrated, 2009

Main, 2008

Theo Griepenkerl is a modest academic with an Olympian ego. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq, looking for treasures he can ship back to Canada, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for two thousand years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eyewitness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discovery with the world, he fails to imagine the impact the new Gospel will have on Christians, Arabs, homicidal maniacs and Amazon customers alike. Like Prometheus's gift of fire, it has incendiary consquences. The Fire Gospel is an enthralling novel about the power of words to resonate across centuries, and inspire and disrupt in equal measure. Wickedly provocative, hilarious and shocking by turns, it is a revelatory piece of storytelling by a writer at the height of his powers.

Theo Griepenkerl is a modest academic with an Olympian ego. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq, looking for treasures he can ship back to Canada, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for two thousand years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eye-witness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discovery with the world, he fails to imagine the impact the new Gospel will have on Christians, Arabs, homicidal maniacs and Amazon customers. Like Prometheus's gift of fire, it has incendiary consequences.
The Fire Gospel is an enthralling novel about the power of words to resonate across centuries, and inspire and disrupt in equal measure. Wickedly provocative, hilarious and shocking by turns, it is a revelatory piece of storytelling. "From the Hardcover edition."

A En canadisk videnskabsmand finder i et udplyndret museum i Mosul, Irak 9 papyrusruller, som har ligget skjult i flere tusinde år. De ser ud til at indeholde et 5. evangelium skrevet af et øjenvidne til Jesus' død, men da han bestemmer sig for at dele sin opdagelse med verden, glemmer han at tage højde for den virkning, dette nye evangelium vil få på alle "troende" uanset religion

Als een Canadese linguïst in Irak een vijfde evangelie geschreven door de bediende van Kajafas ontdekt, genereert de publicatie ervan zowel veel discussie als controverse. NL-ZmNBD

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213 p. : 20 cm

2023-06-28