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The Gospel according to Jesus Christ / José Saramago ; translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero

By:

Saramago, Jose, (1922-2010)

Contributor(s):

Pontiero, Giovanni

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Harvest in translation | A Harvest bookPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace , c1991.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: 377 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780156001410

Uniform titles:

Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo . English

Subject(s):

Jesus Christ -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

FIC SAR

LOC classification:

PQ9281.A66 E913 1994b

Summary: This thoughtful, provocative study of Jesus' self-understanding as both son of God and an all-too-human family member caused debate in the Portuguese parliament and is likely to generate discussion here. Saramago reveals a deep knowledge of scripture, theology, and Christian history, but his true gift may lie in evoking the physical world. Christian writers have often downplayed the earthier aspects of the Incarnation, but here Jesus is ``identified as a shepherd by the smell of goat.'' God says that it is ``dissatisfaction, one of the qualities which make man in My image and likeness,'' which led him to desire a son on Earth. ``There will be a church,'' God tells Jesus, giving a lengthy martyrology as evidence. Jesus dies as do many of us, lamenting ``a life planned for death from the very beginning.''

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC SAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013325

This thoughtful, provocative study of Jesus' self-understanding as both son of God and an all-too-human family member caused debate in the Portuguese parliament and is likely to generate discussion here. Saramago reveals a deep knowledge of scripture, theology, and Christian history, but his true gift may lie in evoking the physical world. Christian writers have often downplayed the earthier aspects of the Incarnation, but here Jesus is ``identified as a shepherd by the smell of goat.'' God says that it is ``dissatisfaction, one of the qualities which make man in My image and likeness,'' which led him to desire a son on Earth. ``There will be a church,'' God tells Jesus, giving a lengthy martyrology as evidence. Jesus dies as do many of us, lamenting ``a life planned for death from the very beginning.''

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