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  <title><![CDATA[The Last Temptation of Christ]]></title>
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  <default_description>Now a major motion picture, &lt;i&gt;The Last Temptation of Christ&lt;/i&gt; is a monumental fictional reinterpretation of the Gospels by one of the giants of modern literature.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1961</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nikos Kazantzakis]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[It has been almost 25 years since I read this and I really ought to re-read it, for I SO loved it the first time encountered it. Two stories... I recommended it to a friend of long standing who is a devout Orthodox Christian, thinking he might enjoy the &quot;mind-game&quot; Kazantzakis played. But ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12115211">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ <br/>This is not your grandparent’s gospel. That’s the first thing you must accept if you are going to make it through this novel. <br/><br/>Nikos Kazantzakis states in the introduction to The Last Temptation of Christ, “This book is not a biography; it is the confession of every man who s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22828240">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 27 11:54:19 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Last Temptation is my very favorite book of all time.<br/><br/>I believe this is my edition, translated by P.A. Bien.<br/> <br/>Although not particularly religious, I was so moved by this book that I seriously looked into trying to learn Greek so that I could see if I had lost anything in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13726413">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Banned by the Church?  It's got to be good.  AMAZING! Explores what would have happened if Christ had taken the temptation to end the crucifixion.  It also gave an incredible perspective on Judas and his motivation to betray Christ.  Fascinating.]]></body>
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    <review id="42325975">
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    <body><![CDATA[Kazantzakis at his best! This book is simply a master class of storytelling that shows why this author is one of the very few true masters of narrative.<br/><br/>This book has raised great controversy among the Christian and particularly the Catholic Church and devotees. However the way faith driv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42325975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14704664">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anybody having a personal or scholarly interest in christianity ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Apr 13 03:14:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a difficult book for me to tackle - I finally finished it yesterday and I am glad I stuck with it. In essence, this is a retelling of the life of Jesus Christ and of the ultimate necessity of his death. For me, for the most part of the book, Kazantzakis wrote a very spiritual novel, faithfu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14704664">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="286461">
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 15 23:35:19 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book singlehandedly restored my faith in the historical Jesus and is absolutely the most spiritually affirming novel I have ever read.  What better figure to explore the theme of sacrifice with other than Jesus?  By the end of the book, you truly empathize with the burden this man carried as &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/286461">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24858812">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book supposes that Christ, as a human being, was subject to the same emotions as every other being such as rage, lust, joy, doubt, etc. It follows the formative years of Christ up until he is crucified. The most interesting part I thought was at the end while dying on the cross, an angel comes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24858812">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Now, I didn't see the movie but from what I have heard Scorcese missed the boat as to what this novel was all about.  (Just for the record, I think Scorcese is over rated!!)<br/><br/>This was a beautiful book.  It is not blasphemous in any way shape or form.  If one reads it to the end you will un...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4657724">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is brilliant. The theology isn't quite mine--indeed, I wouldn't call it orthodox--but the story is fascinating and, I think, a worthy read for any Christian or non-Christian. It is similar to Anita Diamant's <em>The Red Tent</em> in that it takes a set of well-known stories from the Bible and retel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11423637">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6205082">
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful book. I grew up Catholic and Jesus is always hitting me in the back of the head, but this book is good for all non-religious types (of which I definitely am despite the upbringing). I'm not sure how many translations into English are out there of this, or which one I read, but this book re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6205082">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a fantastic book! if you haven't concieved that the Gospels within the Bible and the stories taught in Sunday schools are just that--stories told &amp; retold by humans, just as The Last Temptation of Christ is a story--this book will open your eyes to the idea that history and religion are not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4691202">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40031271">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Much like the book, the basic meat of the story lies at the end...the last 100 or so pages here.  You might even sense Kazantzakis' desire to get to the &quot;last temptation&quot; in that he rushes through the Passion...condemnation by Pilate, being denied by the people,and the Crucifixion lasting ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40031271">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37791546">
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;A cool Heavenly breeze took possession of him...&quot; with that opening, Kazantzakis explores the liminal space between god and man. This is a profoundly spiritual and dare I say, Christin novel of exploration. Yet the Christ of the book should not be mistaken for the Christ of the New testam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37791546">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1281806">
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    <body><![CDATA[A book I recommend but with caution.  It's hard to read this and come out wholly unchanged at the other end of it -- asking a slew of uncomfortable questions about beliefs many of us have taken for granted since we were children.<br/><br/>With regard to the scandal surrounding &quot;Last Temptatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1281806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3888194">
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    <body><![CDATA[شاید برایتان پیش آمده باشد که وقتی افکار متناقضی به سویتان هجوم آورده اند و شما را از پا می افکنند با خود گفته باشید ای کاش مسیح بودم و مانند او با اراده ای استوار به پ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3888194">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[perhaps the book that has been most influential in my life...a CLASSIC]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I told my mother (who is Catholic and protested the movie's release in the 80s) that if I had seen the movie or read the book when I was a kid, I would probably be a Christian today.<br/><br/>This book made Jesus more real to me than anything else ever did.<br/><br/>Additionally, it started a hu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7013950">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most stunning books I've read as it is a very alternative interpretation on a pretty well known story. It was black listed by the pope for its portrayal of Christ as a man with humanly desires and frustrations. An interesting twist turns Mary Magdalene into the woman Jesus was sup...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1630">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was awesome..........i actually bought a copy of the new testement so that i could compare the novel with the biblical texts.  oh, but if you're very religious, you wouldn't like it.]]></body>
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