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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal is a novel by American writer Christopher Moore, published in 2002. In this work the author seeks to fill in the "lost" years of Jesus through the eyes of Jesus' childhood pal, "Levi bar Alphaeus who is called Biff".The original edition of Lamb was issued in hardback and paperback and contains an afterword by the author explaining some background of the novel. In 2007 a special gift edition was published, with a second afterword by Moore, recollecting his trip to Israel for research.


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“Children see magic because they look for it.”

Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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“Praying is talking to God. Meditating is listening.”

Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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“Nobody's perfect. Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him….”

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“Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imagination.”

Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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“Oh, I get it," I said. "It's a parable. Cute. Let's go eat.”

Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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“Routine feeds the illusion of safety…”

Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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Christopher Moore photo

“Unless you can change the past, you’re wasting the present on this guilt”

Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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Christopher Moore photo

“Blessed are the meek, for to them we shall say "attaboy".”

Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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