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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 and translations== | |||
[[Category:Fiction]] [[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Fiction]] [[Category:Novels]] | ||
[[Category:English language]] | [[Category:English language]] | ||
[[Category:Made in the 2000s]] | [[Category:Made in the 2000s]] | ||
[[Category:Jesus of Nazareth (subject)]] | [[Category:Jesus of Nazareth (subject)|2008]] | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 6 November 2009
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.