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The Last Temptation of Christ Study Guide

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by Nikos Kazantzakis
About 90 pages (27,107 words)

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The Last Temptation of Christ Study Guide consists of approx. 90 pages of summaries and analysis on The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis. Browse the literature study guide below:

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Jesus' nights are tormented by dreams of being pursued as "The One," and his days pass in vain because he cannot vanquish Fear. As Nazareth awakens to the rabbi's usual cry to God, "How long?" Jesus wonders whether it is God or the devil who visits him in dreams. Judas Iscariot visits, arguing that Jesus cannot provide a cross for today's execution. Barabbas and the Zealots plan on stopping the crucifixion and everyone expects the Messiah to join in the fight. Jesus believes that the Messiah will be different: he will die alone, in rags, on a mountain, crowned in thorns. As a seething crowd passes Jesus' workshop, taunting him as a "Cross-maker," Judas wonders whether this gaunt figure—constantly deteriorating—could indeed be The One. As Judas thinks this, Jesus recognizes that Judas is the main character in his nightmares and mulls over miraculous legends of his own birth. Declaring that he is no public speaker and a shameless sinner besides, Jesus hears Judas curse him. (read more)
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