Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
First edition
Author	Anne Rice
Cover artist	anonymous, (Funeral Portrait, Pushkin Museum)
Country	United States
Language	English
Published	2005
Publisher	Knopf
Media type	Print (Paperback & Hardback)
Pages	384 pp
ISBN	0-375-41201-8
Preceded by	pr
Followed by	Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana

Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005) is a book by Anne Rice that depicts the life of Jesus Christ at the age of 7 to 8. Rice wrote the novel after returning to the Catholic Church in 1998.

Reviews

Beliefnet named Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt its 2005 Book of the Year on the basis of its "creativity, its unique spin on one of the world's most important religious figures, and for its impact on Christians and other readers".^[1] Janet Maslin of The New York Times said "The restraint and prayerful beauty of Christ the Lord is apt to surprise Rice's normal readers and attract new ones."^[2] Lev Grossman of Time said "This is in fact an intensely literal historical, reverent treatment of a year in the life of Jesus, written in simple, sedate language."^[3]

Film

Main article: The Young Messiah (film)

A film based on the book was scheduled to start shooting in October 2007 in Israel,^[4] produced by David Kirkpatrick, co-founder of Good News Holdings. The production company hoped to release the film in the northern fall of 2008.^[5] However, the project was cancelled due to "creative differences".^[6]

Rice has since announced that a new development for the film adaptation is underway. The script is being written and directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh (his wife Betsy will also help adapt the film). FilmDistrict at first acquired the U.S. distribution rights but distribution has since shifted to Focus Features.^[7] According to Rice, production is slated to begin in Fall 2014 in Rome, Italy with the films tentative release date set for March 23, 2016.^[8]

Production commenced on September 11, 2014 in Matera, Italy and concluded sometime before November. The film was released in the US on March 11, 2016.

Follow-up books

The second book in the series, The Road to Cana, has been published.

While answering questions at the 2012 New York Comic-Con, Anne herself confirmed that she has no intentions of developing a third book due to the potential controversy it might lead into.^[6]^[9]

Footnotes

External links

Novels by Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles	Interview with the Vampire (1976) The Vampire Lestat (1985) The Queen of the Damned (1988) The Tale of the Body Thief (1992) Memnoch the Devil (1995) The Vampire Armand (1998) Merrick (2000) Blood and Gold (2001) Blackwood Farm (2002) Blood Canticle (2003) Prince Lestat (2014) Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016)

New Tales of the Vampires	Pandora (1998) Vittorio the Vampire (1999)

Lives of the Mayfair Witches	The Witching Hour (1990) Lasher (1993) Taltos (1994)

Christ the Lord	Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (2005) Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana (2008)

Songs of the Seraphim	Angel Time (2009) Of Love and Evil (2010)

The Wolf Gift Chronicles	The Wolf Gift (2012) The Wolves of Midwinter (2013)

Single novels	The Feast of All Saints (1979) Cry to Heaven (1982) The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (1989) Servant of the Bones (1996) Violin (1997)

As "Anne Rampling"	Exit to Eden (1985) Belinda (1986)

As "A.N. Roquelaure"	The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983) Beauty's Punishment (1984) Beauty's Release (1985) Beauty's Kingdom (2015)

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