Jesus and the Eightfold Path
Lavie Tidhar
Jun 2014 · Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
4.5star
2 reviews
Ebook
78
Pages
About this ebook
Three wise men came from the East for the infant Jesus in The New Testament. Three brave companions accompany the Buddha in the Chinese classic A Journey to the West.
Could they have been the same three?
Guided by a star, three strange companions arrive in the barbarous land of Judea to seek a newborn child–a possible messiah to some, and the reincarnation of the Budda to others. When the child’s life is threatened, his family and new guardians escape to Egypt, returning years later, to a Jewish land on the cusp of annihilation by the Roman Empire.
Once a general in the Judean army, now a Roman agent, Josephus Flavius is sent by Caesar back to his home land to observe and report on the actions of the troubling young man now preaching sedition in the Galilee – a boy with the unsettling powers of kung-fu. . .
Their lives would collide in a cataclysmic confrontation between Romans and Jews, between empire and rebels–and change the world forever. . .REVIEWS:
“inspired and fantastical” – Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine
“A vivid and gonzo reimagining of the life of Jesus. . . hugely entertaining” – Locus Magazine
Could they have been the same three?
Guided by a star, three strange companions arrive in the barbarous land of Judea to seek a newborn child–a possible messiah to some, and the reincarnation of the Budda to others. When the child’s life is threatened, his family and new guardians escape to Egypt, returning years later, to a Jewish land on the cusp of annihilation by the Roman Empire.
Once a general in the Judean army, now a Roman agent, Josephus Flavius is sent by Caesar back to his home land to observe and report on the actions of the troubling young man now preaching sedition in the Galilee – a boy with the unsettling powers of kung-fu. . .
Their lives would collide in a cataclysmic confrontation between Romans and Jews, between empire and rebels–and change the world forever. . .REVIEWS:
“inspired and fantastical” – Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine
“A vivid and gonzo reimagining of the life of Jesus. . . hugely entertaining” – Locus Magazine
Ratings and reviews
4.5
2 reviews
About the author
Lavie Tidhar is the World Fantasy Award winning author of Osama, of The Bookman Histories trilogy and many other works. He won the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, for Gorel & The Pot-Bellied God, a BSFA Award for his non-fiction, and was nominated variously for a Campbell, Sturgeon and Sidewise awards. He grew up on a kibbutz in Israel and in South Africa but currently resides in London. His latest novels are Martian Sands and The Violent Century.
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