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The Golden Gospel: A Legend
The Golden Gospel; A Legend
- GenresReligion
267 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1943
About the author
Gabriel Scott
66 books8 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Gabriel Scott was a Norwegian author, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer. He was born in Leith (now Edinburgh), Lothian, Scotland. He moved to Norway when he was seven years old, his father being a parish priest in Høvåg.
Scott made his literary debut in 1894 with the poetry collection «Digte» («Poems»), and followed up with a second collection, «Dag» («Day») in 1895. His 1904 novel «Tante Pose» («Aunt Bag») was the basis of the film Tante Pose, 1940.
His literary breakthrough was the novel «Jernbyrden» («The Iron Burden») (1915), which was well received by the critics.
His most famous book is the novel «Kilden eller Brevet om fiskeren Markus» («The Source, or the Letter about Mark the Fisherman»), 1918, a story about the fisherman Mark living a simple life and presenting simple thoughts.
In his book «Det gyldne Evangelium» («The Golden Gospel»), 1921, the main characters are Saint Peter and Our Lord, who are seen wandering and meeting people.
His books on the Norwegian travelling people, «Fant» (1928) and «Josefa» (1930) became popular, and in 1937 Fant was made into a film by Tancred Ibsen (the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson).
The novel «De vergeløse» («The Defenseless»), about a child taken from its mother by the authorities, was made into a film by Leif Sinding in 1939.
Scott wrote several books for children, including «Sølvfaks som reiste ut i den vide verden» («Sølvfaks (Silver Mane) Who Went out into the Wide World»), 1912, which has since gone into many editions, and «Hellige tre konger» («We Three Kings»), 1900.
Gabriel Scott was a Norwegian author, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer. He was born in Leith (now Edinburgh), Lothian, Scotland. He moved to Norway when he was seven years old, his father being a parish priest in Høvåg.
Scott made his literary debut in 1894 with the poetry collection «Digte» («Poems»), and followed up with a second collection, «Dag» («Day») in 1895. His 1904 novel «Tante Pose» («Aunt Bag») was the basis of the film Tante Pose, 1940.
His literary breakthrough was the novel «Jernbyrden» («The Iron Burden») (1915), which was well received by the critics.
His most famous book is the novel «Kilden eller Brevet om fiskeren Markus» («The Source, or the Letter about Mark the Fisherman»), 1918, a story about the fisherman Mark living a simple life and presenting simple thoughts.
In his book «Det gyldne Evangelium» («The Golden Gospel»), 1921, the main characters are Saint Peter and Our Lord, who are seen wandering and meeting people.
His books on the Norwegian travelling people, «Fant» (1928) and «Josefa» (1930) became popular, and in 1937 Fant was made into a film by Tancred Ibsen (the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson).
The novel «De vergeløse» («The Defenseless»), about a child taken from its mother by the authorities, was made into a film by Leif Sinding in 1939.
Scott wrote several books for children, including «Sølvfaks som reiste ut i den vide verden» («Sølvfaks (Silver Mane) Who Went out into the Wide World»), 1912, which has since gone into many editions, and «Hellige tre konger» («We Three Kings»), 1900.
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June 28, 2012
God and St Peter wander the earth as st Peter wants to find the cure for all the problems haunting mankind. A book so vivid, warm, humourus and serious you just fall in love with it. Scott lived in the south of Norway, a place notorious for its many pious and strict religious societies and he strongly opposed to their doctrines of judgement and sin through his books which are strongly influenced by the philosopher Spinoza and his pantheism.
January 29, 2011
A legend about Our Lord and St. Peter who return to earth in order to find out what is wrong with it. It is nicely written in an attempt to find the style of Selma Lagerlof's legends, but St. Peter seems to have forgotten all that made hin the doorkeeper of Heaven and some of the lessons he and the readers are to learn is rather heavy-handed.
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