The Gospel According to Jesus Christ | Jose Saramago

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The Gospel Accordi...

	The Gospel According to Jesus Christ Jose Saramago Harvest Books, 1994 - 396 pages average customer review:based on 76 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The atheist's bible

Jose Saramago's "The Gospel according to Jesus Christ" does not need any reviews. The author already has a Nobel prize for literature and, if what I heard last week from a well informed source is correct, the Vatican has put the book on its "no-no" list and the author was induced to move from conservative Portugal to more liberal Spain. Need any open-minded author (or reader) better recommendations? Certainly not. And it is much better reading than Bertrand Russell's "Why I am not a Christian" (which, more correctly, should have been "Why I am an atheist").

The "Gospel..." is a readable story and an esthetic, free-flowing, beautifully written parable on the life of J.C. which slowly but surely, first in between the lines and later with gradually increasing gusto, condemns theism totally and absolutely. This indeed has been done more efficiently before in "howlers" written by British schoolboys: "Faith is when you believe something you know is not true..." but for those inclined to read good books rather than howlers the "Gospel..." will do much better. Warmly recommended to Christians, Jews, Moslems and all other theists and non-theists (for that matter).

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There are, without a doubt, people who do not believe anything than what the Bible says, to the 't'. Those people should not read this book, because they have enough anger in their lives as it is. Before reading, your mind should be open to the idea that Jesus was an actual person, which many Christians seem to ignore.

This book is on morality and guilt. This is not an evil book, by any stretch of the imagination. It is about how the world looks through crying eyes.

Read it if you have ever had difficulty combining what we know of Bible history with the bible itself.

Read it if you like books with morality and wisdom.

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can we be anymore alone?

I've witnessed god and the devil talking in a boat with jesus and they act as if jesus isn't there. if god as man is ignored by the highest of spritual powers then we are all lost. This is a fine exploration man's place in the universe. King Solomon would be proud. This is a great book of fiction.

Small Remark on the author

Saramago did not have to leave the country because of this book, since he was already living abroad for nearly a decade, namely in the spanish Lanzarote islands, where he still lives with his spanish wife. His book did disturb a few catholic zealots; but he was and still is well-beloved by the great majority of the portuguese population.

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Excellent book but not for everyone

This is really a good book but not for me. I am more into lighter fiction. I have found it hard to follow and sometimes boring.

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