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That and the fact that Jesus Christ so easily plays along. I think it has something to do with the specific sentiment Moore develops using Joseph’s seriousness and Joshua’s presumed divinity suddenly being trivialized by Biff’s smart-ass remarks. When taken out of context, I’m not sure why I even found this particular passage so funny. “He’s going to teach me to fling my own dung and run headlong into walls” (27). “I’ve been talking to Bartholomew the idiot,” I said. “He has a God-given talent,” Joshua said. 9) if he wants to become a stonecutter, Biff replies,“I was thinking about becoming the village idiot, if my father will allow it.” For example, when Joseph asks Biff, whose name translates roughly as “smack upside the head,” (p. I’m not normally one to cry or laugh out loud when reading any book, but the sarcasm and irreverent humor used to create humor throughout Lamb definitely had me going. For me, Lamb has earned the cliché, “laugh out loud.” In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me to hear that Biff himself had coined the phrase to begin with. Moore manages to integrate a high level of intellectual humor throughout most of the novel.

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Throughout this novel, Moore explores such deep theological questions as the divinity of Christ and free will, using modern language sometimes reminiscent of a contemporary television sitcom.

biff jesus

Christopher Moore’s Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, is Biff’s often hysterical account of the life of Christ during this oft-debated period. Print.Īfter thousands of years, the mystery of Christ’s whereabouts from the time he was 12 until the age of 30 has been solved. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal.













Biff jesus