الصمت فى حرم الجمال جمال

وها انا أصمت بعد قراءتى لهذا الكتاب .. وكيف لمثلى أن تعلق على حياة نبى من أحب الأنبياء الى قلبى وأحد ذوى العزم من الرسل
وكيف لمثلى أن تعلق على كتابة جبران فلا تدرى أشعراً تقرأ ام نثراً ..
وأشيد هنا بالترجمة الرائعة والتى أضافت الى النص للرائع ثروت عكاشة
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وبودى لو زدتك حديثاً عنه ولكن أنّى لى، فعندما يجلُّ الحب يقلُّ القول
وعندما تعيا الذاكرة بما تحمل تخلد الى الصمت العميق
-- يوحنا فى جزيرة بطمس
عن عيسى الرحيم

One of the most powerful books I had ever read about Jesus, It shows the unique human side of Jesus, he is simple he is humble he can get sad or angry , having fun , he beloved from some people and hated by others .

He is honest , tender, zealot , beautiful, female chauvinist, smart ... this book although there are some differences from the biblical version , it makes Jesus more close to people and to me as a reader, this experience that I couldn't find or feel in the Holy Bible itself .

To be honest it will be my first Holy Book I ever had , for me a holy book is the book that has the ability to touch my deepest chamber of my heart and this book really touched me so profoundly , I will not forget this book and how it made me cry a farewell tears at the end of it.

Immensely So highly recommended to read and to re-read many times to understand Jesus as the son of man because through him you gonna understand Jesus the son of god and humanity .

Love you Gibran and thank you for this masterpiece that you gave it to humanity :) R.I.P

Some of the vignettes in this book were so beautiful, others were incredibly thought provoking, but he probably could have cut some and expanded others. A fascinating read that imagines the thoughts and experiences of a wide range of people coming in contact with Christ.

Jesus, the Son of Man is the poetic retelling of the story of Jesus like no one had told it before. You can say it's 'The Gospel according to Gibran.' - the story of Jesus from the perspectives of different people from different countries and backgrounds. What makes them characters here is their familiarity with the man Jesus, the Nazarene. Some of the characters are familiar, their thoughts strange. If Jesus was ‘a conjuror, and a deceiver’ for a young priest who sided with Jesus' enemies then a woman caught in adultery had a different view about him. 'When Jesus didn't judge me, I became a woman without a tainted memory, and I was free and my head was no longer bowed.'

Though I liked his writing style and the marvellous understanding of people' mind, I am equally intrigued by two different versions that entirely contradict the story mentioned in the Bible, which in fact, defies history too. One is about the events after the birth of Christ and another with the manner of death of Judas, the betrayer. In fact he is said to have hung himself from a tree after the betrayal, but here it is mentioned as Judas had flung himself from a hill.

'But Master, Sky-heart, knight of our fairer dream, You do still tread this way. No bows nor spears shall stray your steps; You walk through all our arrows. You smile down upon us, And though you are the youngest of us all, You father us all. Poet, Singer, Great Heart! May our God bless your name.'

Impressive- I wrote down few quotes from it in my bedroom wall- YES on the Wall well I guess it is greater than the impact of paint, as it is entertaining to the eyes, nourishing to the mind, and a constant reminder of what we should cherish the most.

There are some books that are so different in style and approach that either a person likes it or doesn't. For me, this book did not resonate at all. Browsing other reviews, I can see that many others see it differently.

I didn't mind the way the sayings and actions of Jesus were blended together and redistributed, placed together in ways that aren't found in the source materials. I'm not a biblical literalist and understand that the gospel writers probably did some of that as well in creating a narrative about Jesus to fit the theme and community to which they were writing. I also didn't mind the invention of characters and details that are absent in the biblical text. Some of these are based on extrabiblical traditions.

Where I had difficulties were when Gibran's narrative contradicted the biblical ones. It felt as if I was reading a text version of some of the recent television and movie adaptations of biblical stories. I kept asking, "Why and for what purpose did the story have to depart from the source material and even contradict it?" Again, I don't necessarily have problems with interpretations of the source material that run counter to traditional interpretations. But these always have reasons why an alternative interpretation is conceivable and provide evidence.

When a story itself (vs. its traditional interpretations) is contradicted, it is far more difficult to make a case for why a reader should accept it. It opens the door to allowing any and all imaginative and fantastical storytelling. If the source material is merely the inspiration, the source material ultimately has no weight. It is the difference between an imagined tale being "based on" vs. "inspired by." The former seeks to remain true to the source while the latter appropriates elements of the source to fabricate something that may or may not have anything to do with the original intent. For me, Gibran's work falls into the latter.

Finally, I'm not a huge fan of poetry. Even though much of the book is prose, it is still prose that uses the methods of poetry: metaphors, word pictures, enigma. The form, too, did not resonate and appeal to me.

I hate being so critical of a book that many others have seen otherwise. But this was not a book that I enjoyed.

بعض الكتب يقشع�� لها الابدان

جبران بلغة شاعرية وبترجمة المبدع ثروت عكاشة وبرأية في الختام يوضح لنا الأقوال المتضاربة في حقيقة السيد المسيح علية السلام ..
ويسرد من خلال شخصيات عاشت في زمن السيد المسيح نظرة كل منهم للسيد المسيح وطبيعتة وشخصيته وأفعاله وأقواله ...

Not as I expected it to be, but it was good.

- إن البذرة المختفية في قلب التفاحة هي شجرة غير منظورة، ولكن إذا سقطت تلك البذرة على صخرة فإنها ولا شك صائرة إلى لا شيء.

- الشجرة المثمرة وحدها يهزها الناس ويضربونها بالحجارة.

- الشك فرخ من الطير ضال وشقيّ ، ومع أن أمه التي ولدته ستجده وتضمه إلى صدرها فإنه يهرب منها حذراً خائفاً.

- ما من رجل يربح الكل إلا إذا أعطى الكل ...

نیمه خونده رهاش کردم که به قولی:
So many books, so little time
اولا از نشر افق (یا فرهنگ ها) بابت چاپ کتابی با فونت 30 که باعث میشه مصرف کاغذ و قیمت کتاب افزایش چشمگیر پیدا کنه تشکر میکنم.
ثانیا سپاسگزار از مترجمم که تمام تلاشش رو کرده بود تا اثر فاقد هر گونه زیبایی ادبی باشه تا مبادا مخاطب رو اندکی جذب کنه.

جبران در این کتاب دیدگاه های شخصی خودش و به عبارتی چیزی که فکر می کرده مسیح باید باشه رو ترسیم و یه جورایی"مسیح شخصی خودش" رو خلق کرده. همونطور که در مقدمه خود کتاب گفته شده، این اثر ارزش تاریخی نداره و بسیاری اشخاص و روایت ها به نوعی خودساخته هستند.

کتاب به نظرم یه جورایی شتر مرغ بود:ر
یا می بایست روی جنبه ی حقیقی و تاریخی قضیه کار می کرد، تا مخاطب با دونستن اینکه این همون عیسای مقدسه و داستان ها همگی واقعیه، با شخصیت ارتباط برقرار کنه، و یا باید همین عیسی خودساخته رو یه جوری شخصیت پردازی می کرد تا ما هم به این عیسی جبرانی ایمان بیاریم. ولی کتاب جوری نوشته شده که باید مخاطب مومن به عیسی مسیح، مسیح خودش رو اصلاح و به عیسی جبرانی تبدیل کنه.

البته ناگفته نماند مسیحی نبودن من هم در مقبول نیفتادن و ارتباط برقرار کردن با این اثر بی تاثیر نبود و شاید هم زبانان مسیحی ما بیشتر با این اثر ارتباط برقرار کنند کما اینکه میبینم امتیازی که به این کتاب داده شده خیلی بالاست(البته اگر نخواهیم گناه رو به گردن مترجم بندازیم)ر

This is one of the most important books I've ever read. It is so creative and the language is beautiful. It helped me to think of Jesus as a human. Gibran's writing makes me feel the same way a beautiful film score does.