Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana

Anne Rices second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at CanaIt is a novel in which we see Jesushe is called Yeshua bar Josephduring a winter of no rain endless dust and talk of trouble in JudeaLegends of a Virgin birth have long surrounded Yeshua yet for decades he has lived as one among many who come to the synagogue on the Sabbath All who know and love him find themselves waiting for some sign of the path he will eventually takeAnd at last we see him emerge from his baptism to confront his destinyand the Devil We see what happens when he takes the water of six great limestone jars transforms it into cool red wine is recognized as the anointed one and urged to call all Israel to take up arms against Rome and follow him as the prophets have foretoldAs with Out of Egypt the opening novel The Road to Cana is based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship The books power derives from the profound feeling its author brings to the writing and the way in which she summons up the presence of Jesus.