The Brook Kerith
A Revisionist Tale of Jesus, the Essenes, and the Making of Early Christian BeliefBy George Moore
Length15h 29m
About this audiobook
George Moore's The Brook Kerith (1916) is an audacious historical and theological novel that reimagines the final days of Jesus and the formation of early Christianity. In Moore's alternative narrative, Jesus survives the crucifixion and withdraws to the Essene community at Kerith, where he reflects upon his teachings while Paul develops the triumphant doctrine of the resurrected Christ. Combining biblical speculation, philosophical dialogue, psychological realism, and painstakingly reconstructed ancient settings, the novel belongs to the late Victorian and early modernist tradition of revising inherited religious narratives. Its deliberate calm, intellectual skepticism, and emphasis on ethical consciousness challenge conventional devotional fiction while retaining a profound interest in spiritual experience. An Irish novelist, critic, memoirist, and art enthusiast, Moore was shaped by the debates surrounding modern biblical criticism, French realism, and the conflict between institutional religion and individual conscience. His long engagement with Catholic culture, alongside his exposure to European literary and artistic movements, encouraged him to treat sacred history as a field open to imaginative and rational inquiry. The Brook Kerith reflects his lifelong concern with artistic freedom, theological authority, and the uneasy relationship between historical fact and religious myth. This book will reward readers interested in religious modernism, Irish literary history, biblical reinterpretation, and the development of the historical novel. It is especially suited to those who value intellectually provocative fiction that asks how stories acquire authority and how moral truth might survive their revision.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (16)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length15 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Book of Jasher
23CHAP. XXI.
2A DEDICATION
24CHAP. XXII.
3CHAP. I.
25CHAP. XXIII.
4CHAP. II.
26CHAP. XXIV.
5CHAP. III.
27CHAP. XXV.
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6CHAP. IV.
28CHAP. XXVI.
7CHAP. V.
29CHAP. XXVII.
8CHAP. VI.
30CHAP. XXVIII.
9CHAP. VII.
31CHAP. XXIX.
10CHAP. VIII.
32CHAP. XXX.
11CHAP. IX.
33CHAP. XXXI.
12CHAP. X.
34CHAP. XXXII.
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37CHAP. XXXV.
16CHAP. XIV.
38CHAP. XXXVI.
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39CHAP. XXXVII.
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40CHAP. XXXVIII.
19CHAP. XVII.
41CHAP. XXXIX.
20CHAP. XVIII.
42CHAP. XL.
21CHAP. XIX.
43CHAP. XLI.
22CHAP. XX.
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