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Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Anne Rice)
 

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Anne Rice)

by Anne Rice

Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice gives us now her most ambitious and courageous work, an audiobook about the early years of CHRIST THE LORD, based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.

The audiobook’s power derives from the passion its author brings to the writing and the way in which she... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  religion,  historical fiction,  christianity,  biblical fiction (all tags)

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miles-dei
  • Rated 4 stars

“Superb imagination. And yet historically and theologically sound. I do not agree with all of Anne Rice's choices. But it's certainly worth while! Also interesting is her way back into the church, back to God, to Jesus Christ.”

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Alicia O
  • Rated 2 stars

“I don't reccommend this one. WORLD magazine did a big write up on this book and highly reccommended it. They even inserted a chapter from the book into the magazine to give us a taste of the book. I think that was the best chapter in the book. This book would be dangerous for Christians who don't know that Bible very well because she takes a few too many liberties with her fiction. An example, in the story James, Jesus's brother, is actually older than Jesus and was Joseph's son from a...”

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  • Rated 3.774359 stars
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  • Rated 4.153846 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • MarylynS

    marylyns said:

    “Does any one know why "Out of Egypt" and "The Road to Cana" are listed as the same book and you can’t load them separately?”

    posted Saturday, July 5 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Sharon Fawcett

    sharon fawcett said:

    “Don't know what all the yawning's about; I loved this book. THE ROAD TO CANA (the next in the series) is a great read too. I couldn't put either one down!”

    posted Friday, June 13 2008
  • JustVicki

    justvicki said:

    “BIG yawn. I may not be able to finish this one.”

    posted Friday, April 18 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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