IntroductionWhat if Jesus knew how much suffering would later occur in his name? José Saramago’s The Gospel According to Jesus Christ is not a conventional retelling of the life of Jesus.It is a moral confrontation.Saramago takes figures familiar to billions of people—Jesus, Joseph, Mary Magdalene, God, and the Devil—and places them inside questions that … [Read more...] about The Gospel According to Jesus Christ Explained Through Its Characters