The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus

De: Bill Burkland

Narrado por: Kevin E Green

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus is an award winning religious satire; a fast-paced comedic re-imagining of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus with sensibilities similar to The Book of Mormon and Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

On a warm Galilean night, Mary and Joseph secretly rendezvous in the privacy of a secluded Nazarene garden where they get to know each other well. Very well. Nine months after their union, a series of events unfold that will forever define the meaning of the conception and birth of their child.

When Mary’s pious mother sees that her young unwed daughter is pregnant, she enlists the help of a pompous High Priest to devise a plan to characterize the pregnancy as divine, of God’s seed. Mary refuses to go along with her mother’s scheme, insisting that Joseph is the true father.

Joseph and Mary battle her parents for control of the birth narrative and the fate of their newborn baby. As word of a miraculous virgin birth spreads through Bethlehem, factions form and allegiances shift among unscrupulous shepherds, rakish Wise Men, members of the Magdalene family, an earnest but malodorous peasant, and an aging cat with a penchant for prophecy.

Is the baby named Jesus truly the Son of God or merely a mortal born of earthly parents?

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus was awarded First Place in the Humor and Satire Category of the Chanticleer International Book Awards, and is consistently ranked in the best-seller list in both the Satire and Religious Humor categories for the Kindle edition.

©2024 Bill Burkland (P)2025 Bill Burkland

Immaculately funny!

The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus is a riotous and irreverent twist on a sacred origin story—equal parts blasphemous and brilliant. I found myself laughing out loud more times than I can count—easily the funniest book I’ve read in ages. If you’re on the fence about buying it: do it! You won’t (okay, might) regret it.

Though this is Burkland’s first novel, it reads like the work of a seasoned satirist. Overflowing with absurdity, biblical bloopers, and characters that could stumble out of a Monty Python sketch, this cheeky tale takes the ‘greatest story ever told’ and gleefully turns it on its head. Expect drunkards, slapstick-worthy misunderstandings, and enough groan-worthy puns to keep you smirking through the whole read. Not for the easily offended—but for the joyfully irreverent? A must.