Jesus is vulnerable, flawed, and human, even if he remains free from sin. Although The Last Temptation of Christ is primarily a work of fiction, there is a thesis running through the narrative. Kazantzakis wrote many novels, poems, and essays about the relationship between man and God, and he’s famous for losing the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature by a single vote to Albert Camus. Unsurprisingly, the book was met with controversy at first, but critics praise it for its bold subject matter and complex characterization. First published in 1952 and again in 1998, The Last Temptation of Christ is a Gospels reinterpretation that depicts Christ as divine but very human. The Last Temptation of Christ is a work of religious fiction by Nikos Kazantzakis.
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