The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

About “The Gospel According to Jesus Christ”

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ is a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago that reimagines the life of Jesus Christ as a flawed and human character. The book portrays Jesus with emotions, doubts, and weaknesses, which led to controversy, particularly from the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano criticized the work as having a "substantially anti-religious vision." Despite this, some critics praised it as a "deeply philosophical, provocative and compelling work." After the Portuguese government blocked the book's nomination for the European Literary Prize, Saramago left Portugal and spent the rest of his life in Lanzarote, part of the Canary Islands. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)