The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ

Pullman is capable of lighting up the dullest day or the greyest spirit with the incandescence of his imagination’—The Independent

THIS IS A STORY

In this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. He offers a radical new take on the myths and mysteries of the gospels and of the church that has shaped the course of the last two millennia.

Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to reverberate long after the final page is turned. For above all, this book is about how stories become stories.

www.philip-pullman.com

http://www.thegoodmanjesusandthescoundrelchrist.co.uk/

Philip Pullman answers a question on the shocking title of his new book. Filmed at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on 28 March 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3VcbAfd4w‘

Some reviews

Boyd Tonkin, Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-good-man-jesus-and-the-scoundrel-christ-by-philip-pullmanbr-the-four-gospels-1933473.html

Salley Vickers, Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7544727/The-Good-Man-Jesus-and-the-Scoundrel-Christ-by-Philip-Pullman-review.html

Paul Taylor, Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/jesus-christ-superstar-still-the-biggest-ndash-and-most-controversial-ndash-name-in-art-1933466.html

Cole Morton, Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/02/church-of-everywhere-faith-britain

‘‘ ‘Though he wears his scholarship lightly as befits a master storyteller, there is no doubt in my mind that Pullman has a complete grasp of the intricacies of the quest for the historical Jesus. A fierce and beautiful book , which, like the parable of the Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov, will move even those who disagree with it. ‘ Richard Holloway in the Observer

‘‘A very bold and deliberately outrageous fable . . . Pullman at his impressive best, limpid and economical . . . a searching, teasing and ambitious narrative.’ Guardian