Matt Dorff
Autor de The Book of Revelation
Obras de Matt Dorff
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 4
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 96
- Popularidad
- #196,089
- Valoración
- 4.2
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
- Idiomas
- 2
A graphic novel attempts to communicate on a different level, with penetrating images. The artistic lines and colors, at least in this book, are vibrant, stark, evocative, powerful … this is a visual journey with a serious tone.
Messiah: Origin is the beginning of the gospel story, from the birth of Jesus through the ministry of John the Baptist. I presume it’s the first publication of a series. What sets this “novel” apart is that it contains no words except as translated directly from the Greek of the New Testament. It is a narrative harmony of the four Gospels, translated by Mark Arey, a Greek Orthodox clergyman, arranged in story form by Matt Dorff, and illustrated by Kai Carpenter … an effective partnership.
Definitely recommended as an enjoyable and moving story, though anticlimactic … I do wish I had more of the story of Jesus to read.… (más)