He has no idea if these are sent by God or Satan. He is beset by voices and visions, and feels talons grasping his head, wings beating above him. A carpenter in Nazareth, Jesus makes crucifixes for the Romans which are used to crucify Jewish zealots in rebellion against Roman rule. The Last Temptation follows the life of Jesus of Nazareth from the beginning of his public ministry. It was published in English in 1960, the same year that the book was placed on the Catholic Church’s Index Librorum Prohibitorum (dismantled in 1966 following Vatican 2). "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.The publication in 1955 of The Last Temptation by Nikos Kazantzakis led to a campaign by Greek Orthodox clergy to have Kazantzakis excommunicated as they considered the work blasphemous. “A searing, soaring, shocking novel.” - Time “Spiritual dynamite.” - San Francisco Chronicle In elegant, thoughtful prose Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the greats of modern literature, follows this Jesus as he struggles to live out God’s will for him, powerfully suggesting that it was Christ’s ultimate triumph over his flawed humanity, when he gave up the temptation to run from the cross and willingly laid down his life for mankind, that truly made him the venerable redeemer of men. He is a figure who is gloriously divine but earthy and human, a man like any other-subject to fear, doubt, and pain. This literary rendering of the life of Jesus Christ has courted controversy since its publication by depicting a Christ far more human than the one seen in the Bible.
Hailed as a masterpiece by critics worldwide, The Last Temptation of Christ is a monumental reinterpretation of the Gospels that brilliantly fleshes out Christ’s Passion. The internationally renowned novel about the life and death of Jesus Christ.
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