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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Viewing it as a fictional book I give it five stars. As a Christian book maybe 2 stars. It was an enjoyable read with good character development. O.S. Card took a lot of creative liberty in describing the life of Moses with a loose connection to the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible does it mention...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“A nice variation of the biblical story of Moses. It adds human feelings and troubles to the classic characters.”
ScarTissue wrote this review Monday, August 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Orson Scott Card is a literary genius. His religious fact based fiction are probably my favorite from him. This is a must read!”
andrea K wrote this review Saturday, June 21 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“So I didn't read this; but the CDs were great. I gave them to a niece who also loved them.”
Judith W wrote this review Wednesday, May 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Viewing it as a fictional book I give it five stars. As a Christian book maybe 2 stars. It was an enjoyable read with good character development. O.S. Card took a lot of creative liberty in describing the life of Moses with a loose connection to the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible does it mention Moses being raised by a female Pharaoh, conquering the city of Saba for Egypt by agreeing to marry a treasonous princess, or that he learned how to read Hebrew from his priest father in law and wife, Zephora. The book was originally written as a Mormon play. The author writes about Moses' 40 days on Mt Sanai, ".. Moses' vision was enlarged, and he comprehended with the same clarity not just Earth and all who dwelt on it, but all the other worlds that God had made...By the word of my power I made them; by the Son I created them, worlds without number. More that you can see, for many worlds have already finished their history and completed their work...". This must be a Mormon thing. I found nothing at all in the Bible to support this and other claims. The author also writes that God revealed his entire plan for mankind from beginning to end to Moses including the coming Christ. Also that after the dedestruction of the first tablets, that Moses broke when he found the Israelites worshiping idols, God gave Moses a lesser law that the people could follow more easily. Only on his death bed did Moses pass on the higher law and his account of the "fullness of time" to his son Gershom who was suppose to keep it a secret or an angel would come and take it away. It was a good book because if nothing else it had me picking through the book of Exodus to disprove some of the writings. Everyone must discern the truth for themselves.”
Amanda G wrote this review Sunday, April 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The beginning is NOT the ten commandments we see on TV. I bit srrange to read Moses's life as a child. After he is sent out of Egypt the book takes off with the story as we know it but in much more detail. I really enjoyed reading Card's interpertation of Moses as a child and man. ”
Vicky B wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Loved this historical fiction account of Moses.”
Delise wrote this review Saturday, December 1 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I love the way OSC gives Bible characters a voice. I know it isn't scripture and needs to be taken with a grain of salt, but it is nice to have a story with it and it makes me want to study my scriptures more :)”
dani wrote this review Friday, November 30 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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