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''' The Fire Gospel ''' (2008) is a novel by [[Michel Faber]]. | ''' The Fire Gospel ''' (2008) is a novel by [[Michel Faber]]. | ||
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
==Editions | ==Editions== | ||
Published in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]]: Canongate, 2008. | Published in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]]: Canongate, 2008. | ||
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[[Category:Historical Jesus Studies|2008 Faber]] | [[Category:Historical Jesus Studies|2008 Faber]] | ||
[[Category:Historical Jesus Studies--Fiction|2008 Faber]] | [[Category:Historical Jesus Studies--Fiction|2008 Faber]] | ||
[[Category:Historical Jesus Studies--English|2008 Faber]] | [[Category:Historical Jesus Studies--English language|2008 Faber]] | ||
[[Category:Historical Jesus Studies--|2008 Faber]] | [[Category:Historical Jesus Studies--United Kingdom|2008 Faber]] | ||
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<bibexternal title="The Fire Gospel" author="Faber"/>
The Fire Gospel (2008) is a novel by Michel Faber.
Abstract
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.
Editions
Published in Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate, 2008.
Translations
External links
- 2008
- Fiction
- Literature
- Novels
- British Fiction
- British Literature
- English language
- Made in the 2000s
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Historical Jesus Studies
- Historical Jesus Studies--Fiction
- Historical Jesus Studies--English language
- Historical Jesus Studies--United Kingdom
- Jesus of Nazareth (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth--fiction (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth--literature (subject)