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The fire gospel

Theo Griepenkerl, a scholar of ancient languages 'rescues' some Aramaic scrolls from a bombed museum in Iraq and smuggles them home to Canada. Translating furiously, Theo reveals a fifth gospel that gives a frank eyewitness account of the Crucifixion. It could have incendiary implications for the faith of millions.

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  • "Fire gospel"@it
  • "Fire gospel"@pl

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  • "Missionné par une université canadienne en Irak, Theo Griepenkerl découvre dans les ruines d'un musée les mémoires de Malchus, témoin des derniers jours de Jésus. Il les fait traduire en anglais. A peine publié, ce document rencontre un immense succès et Theo pense profiter des avantages de cette soudaine popularité. Mais il est vite dépassé par le scandale des révélations de Malchus."
  • "Theo Griepenkerl, a scholar of ancient languages 'rescues' some Aramaic scrolls from a bombed museum in Iraq and smuggles them home to Canada. Translating furiously, Theo reveals a fifth gospel that gives a frank eyewitness account of the Crucifixion. It could have incendiary implications for the faith of millions."@en
  • "In this revisionist romp, Faber reimagines the mortal who stole fire from the gods as Canadian linguist Theo Griepenkerl, who makes an amazing discovery when he's sent to Iraq to help preserve war-threatened historical artifacts. When a bomb destroys a museum, nine dusty scrolls are discovered in a sculpture. They are quickly recognized by Theo (who, of course, reads Aramaic) as a "gospel" written by Malchus, servant to high priest Caiaphas and an eyewitness observer of Christ's crucifixion."
  • "Theo Griepenkerl, a callow and charmless scholar of Aramaic, is scouring Iraq for ancient artefacts to take to Canada for safekeeping when a bomb hits the museum he happens to be casing. Lucky for him, not only is an obstructive curator blown to pieces but so is a bas relief goddess whose hollow belly reveals nine scrolls. These are the gospel of Malchus, a garrulous forgotten disciple and eyewitness to the crucifixion."
  • "Theo Griepenkerl, a Canadian linguistics scholar, is sent to Iraq in search of artifacts that have survived the destruction and looting of the war. While visiting a museum in Mosul, he finds nine papyrus scrolls tucked in the belly of a basrelief sculpture: they have been perfectly preserved for more than two thousand years. After smuggling them out of Iraq and translating them from Aramaic, Theo realizes the extent of his career-making find, for he is in possession of the Fifth Gospel, and it offers a shocking and incomparable eyewitness account of Christ's crucifixion and last days on Earth."@en
  • ""Theo Griepenkerl, visiting Iraq, discovers an ancient Aramaic manuscript and smuggles it back to Canada. When he translates it, it turns out to be an eyewitness account of the crucifixion, revealing the all-too-fallible humanity of Christ. Theo writes a foreword, finds a small publisher game enough to take it on and the narrative moves to the book tour. Fun cameos abound: homicidal believers, suicidal ex-believers, sneering cynics, a nuggetty little smalltime publisher and a glossy American senior editor who pulls out a handgun to save Theo from a pistol-toting crazy. Then Theo's Manhattan reading is firebombed, he's kidnapped by an odd-couple of mismatched zealots - and the plot really ramps up."--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "Theo Griepenkerl is a modest academic with an Olympian ego. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq, looking for treasures he can ship back to Canada, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for 2,000 years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eyewitness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discovery with the world, he fails to imagine the impact the new Gospel will have on Christians, Arabs, homicidal maniacs and Amazon customers. Like Prometheus's gift of fire, it has incendiary consequences."
  • "Theo Griepenkerl is a modest Canadian academic. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq looking for treasure that he can ship to Toronto, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for 2000 years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eye-witness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discovery with the world, he fails to imagine the impact the new Gospel will have on the world. Wickedly provocative, hilarious and shocking by turns, it is a revelatory piece of storytelling."
  • "Theo Griepenkerl is a modest Canadian academic. When he visits a looted museum in Iraq looking for treasure that he can ship to Toronto, he finds nine papyrus scrolls that have lain hidden for 2000 years. Once translated from Aramaic, these prove to be a fifth Gospel, written by an eye-witness of Jesus Christ's last days. But when Theo decides to share this sensational discovery with the world, he fails to imagine the impact the new Gospel will have on the world. Wickedly provocative, hilarious and shocking by turns, it is a revelatory piece of storytelling."@en
  • "Sent to Iraq to find artifacts that survived the war, a linguistics scholar discovers the ancient scrolls of the Fifth Gospel and decides to reveal his discovery, failing to realize the consequences for religious believers."@en
  • "Theo Griepenkerl, a Canadian linguistics scholar, is sent to Iraq in search of artifacts that have survived the destruction and looting of the war. While visiting a museum in Mosul, he finds nine papyrus scrolls tucked in the belly of a bas-relief sculpture: they have been perfectly preserved for more than two thousand years. After smuggling them out of Iraq and translating them from Aramaic, Theo realizes the extent of his career-making find, for he is in possession of the Fifth Gospel, and it offers a shocking and incomparable eyewitness account of Christ's crucifixion and last days on Earth. Nakedly ambitious and recently dumped by his girlfriend, Theo sets out to share his discovery with the world in the form of a headline--grabbing U.S. book tour. Caught in the throes of his newfound fame, Theo fails to consider the global and cultural ramifications his discovery will have with God-fearing folks and religious zealots worldwide. Like Prometheus's gift of fire, Theo's book has incendiary consequences."
  • "Theo Griepenkerl, a Canadian linguistics scholar, is sent to Iraq in search of artifacts that have survived the destruction and looting of the war. While visiting a museum in Mosul, he finds nine papyrus scrolls tucked in the belly of a bas-relief sculpture: they have been perfectly preserved for more than two thousand years. After smuggling them out of Iraq and translating them from Aramaic, Theo realizes the extent of his career-making find, for he is in possession of the Fifth Gospel, and it offers a shocking and incomparable eyewitness account of Christ's crucifixion and last days on Earth. Nakedly ambitious and recently dumped by his girlfriend, Theo sets out to share his discovery with the world in the form of a headline--grabbing U.S. book tour. Caught in the throes of his newfound fame, Theo fails to consider the global and cultural ramifications his discovery will have with God-fearing folks and religious zealots worldwide. Like Prometheus's gift of fire, Theo's book has incendiary consequences."@en

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Adventure stories"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Satirické romány"
  • "Bible fiction"
  • "Bible fiction"@en
  • "Satirical novels"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Christian fiction"
  • "Christian fiction"@en
  • "Anglicky psané romány"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction in English"
  • "Ausgabe"

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  • "Ildens evangelium"@da
  • "Il vangelo di fuoco"
  • "Evangelij ognja"@sl
  • "Ewangelia ognia"@pl
  • "Ewangelia ognia"
  • "Evangelium ohně"
  • "Le cinquième évangile"
  • "The fire gospel : the myth of Prometheus"
  • "Het vuurevangelie"
  • "Ognennoe evangelie"
  • "The fire gospel"@en
  • "The fire gospel"
  • "Il vangelo del fuoco"@it
  • "The Fire Gospel"@en

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