When we think of the life of Jesus Christ, our main source is the Bible. This great literary work does an excellent job of portraying Him as God’s chosen Messiah. He is very accepting of His job and is open to the suffering He endures throughout His life and during His death. Jesus has always been the pious, chaste man that people have come to know ever since the Bible was written. He always …showed first 75 words of 1157 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1157 total…was only doing what was right. He had his doubts, denials, and uncertainties, but in the end He was able to overcome all. In the end, it is Kazantzakis’ masterpiece that brings Jesus closer to us than the Bible ever could. By humanizing Jesus, and making him more relatable to us, The Last Temptation of Christ does a better job of revealing the full character of Jesus, and strengthening many persons’ beliefs about his divinity.