Mitchell Stephen - The First Christmas A Story Of New Beginnings - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: I love The First Christmas. What a charming way Stephen Mitchell has found to tell my favorite story of all the Nativity character by character (I love the donkey and the ox) with wise and thrilling interludes about God reality truth. Anne Lamott In The First Christmas Stephen Mitchell brings the Nativity story to vivid life as never before. A narrative that is only sketched out in two Gospels becomes fully realized here with nuanced characters and a setting that reflects the culture of the time. Mitchell has suffused the birth of Jesus with a sense of beauty that will delight and astonish readers. In this version we see the world through the eyes of a Whitmanesque ox and a visionary donkey starry - eyed shepherds and Zen - like wise men each of them providing a unique perspective on a scene that is in Western culture the central symbol for good tidings of great joy. Rather than superimposing later Christian concepts onto the Annunciation and Nativity scenes he imagines Mary and Joseph experiencing the angelic message as a young Jewish woman and man living in the year 4 bce might have experienced it with terror dismay and ultimate acceptance. In this context their yes becomes an act of great moral courage. Readers of every background will be enchanted by this startlingly beautiful reimagining of the Christmas tale.
Title: The First Christmas A Story Of New Beginnings
Author(s): Mitchell Stephen
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250861801
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 10/18/2022