Scandalizing Jesus?: Kazantzakis's the Last Temptation of Christ Fifty Years on

by Martin Scorsese and Peter A. Bien

2005 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ. Since Kazantzakis ranks as one of the twentieth century's most important European writers, and given that this particular work of his has garnered so much publicity, this collection of essays re-assesses the novel, though not forgetting the movie, in light of one half century's worth of criticism and reception history.
Clergy and laity alike have denounced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826416071
• ISBN13: 9780826416070
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"