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Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) | 
| Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Category: Book
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Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 073932778X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739327784
ASIN: 073932778X
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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Product Description
Anne Rice’s second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at Cana.
It is a novel in which we see Jesus—he is called Yeshua bar Joseph—during a winter of no rain, endless dust, and talk of trouble in Judea.
Legends of a Virgin birth have long surrounded Yeshua, yet for decades he has lived as one among many who come to the synagogue on the Sabbath. All who know and love him find themselves waiting for some sign of the path he will eventually take.
And at last we see him emerge from his baptism to confront his destiny—and the Devil. We see what happens when he takes the water of six great limestone jars, transforms it into cool red wine, is recognized as the anointed one, and urged to call all Israel to take up arms against Rome and follow him as the prophets have foretold.
As with Out of Egypt, the opening novel, The Road to Cana is based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship. The book’s power derives from the profound feeling its author brings to the writing and the way in which she summons up the presence of Jesus.
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 The Life of Christ Leading to Cana July 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is based on the most respected Biblical scholarship.
Christ's life in the hidden years is described in some depth.
The presentation personalizes Him in a way that the
Scriptures deal with only tangentially.
The presentation begins with discussions surrounding
the birth of Christ. The Magi approached from the East with
gifts of gold, frankencense and myrrh. The Baptism in
Jordan is referenced concluding with the famous
wedding of Cana.
The presentation ends with the encantation:
"Hear O Israel. The Lord Our God is One. :
 Very readable, compelling FICTION June 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
She never contradicts what's in the New Testament, but in creating a novel out of a few verses, she certainly adds a whole lot of highly speculative fiction to it.
Christ the Lord June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is also an excellent book continuing where the previous one stopped.
Anne Rice is an amazing author. I never read her previous books as I don't like vampires. Even though it's a novel, it's very believable and
good reding.
The Road to Cana June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Road to Cana, a novel about the early life of Christ leading up to his public ministry was so compelling that I found it difficult to put down. The author who is evidently very knowledgeable about scripture and deeply committed to presenting Christ honestly, succeeds in helping us to experience Jesus in an intimate and deeply personal way. To write a novel in which Jesus speaks to us in the first person is a courageous act but one that the author is totally up to doing. She writes beautifully and I really found myself being transported back to the people and events in Christ's life that are not presented to us in the gospels. I especially loved meeting his earthly father Joseph who receives little attention in the gospels. Fascinating too was her treatment of Christ's baptism in the Jordan, His incredible encounter with the devil in the desert and His transformation of water into wine at the wedding in cana. As a believer in Jesus Christ and one of his followers I was thankful for the opportnity to read this book and I look forward to Anne Rice's next novel about Jesus Christ.
Lightning strikes agian June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Who knew right? Anyway I thought Christ the Lord good but I felt that it was just a fluke or something. Here Rice actually has the foundations of a promising series. The transition of Yeshua bar Joseph from village carpenter to the son of God is something that deserves to be read.
I also have to congratulate the author on giving the little town of where Jesus grew up a life of its own the people have life and even a sense of humor that part of the book was actually very surprising.
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