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  • Philip Pullman to publish novel about 'the Scoundrel Christ'

    09/07/2009 3:26:42 AM PDT · by Cronos · 27 replies · 1,158+ views
    The Guardian ^ | 7-Sep-2009 | Alison Flood
    He enraged America's religious right with his portrayal of God as a senile old man in the His Dark Materials trilogy, and now Philip Pullman is set to court more Christian controversy – this time with a novel about "the Scoundrel Christ". The book will provide a new account of the life of Jesus, challenging the gospels and arguing that the version in the New Testament was shaped by the apostle Paul. "By the time the gospels were being written, Paul had already begun to transform the story of Jesus into something altogether new and extraordinary, and some of his...