Jesus

It is quite possible to say that Jesus of Nazareth is one of the most influential people that have ever lived. With as Much conviction we can say that what I know of his life is the concern of much debate. People’s lives have been spend in the pursuit of understanding what Jesus actually did in the three decades he had to change the world. This paper will look a two accounts of these thirty odd years as told by two that have devoted better part of their lives to the life of Jesus. By looking at the biblically explicit life of Jesus in the book A Life of Jesus, By Shusaku Endo and the more liberal historical novel by Jose Saramago, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, we can begin to see a picture painted in the bible a bit clearer. These two books take a very chronological order and so will this paper, looking at the life of Jesus of the Bible.

As Endo points out little is said of Jesus as a child, but he supposes that much can be assumed as to the thought that anyone growing up in Nazareth, affected by traditional Galilean sentiment. (13) This being the case Saramago takes much liberty with concerns for Jesus’ early life. In fact half of this book is devoted to pre-baptism of Jesus. While Matthew story of conception is one of s

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Only after this fact does Jesus go to find God in the desert in Endo’s book. It is argued (primarily by the Catholics) that the Hebrew words for brother and sister not only include those that are of the same mother and father but cousins as well. Only after this, according to Endo, does Jesus pursue God in the desert. Jesus begins to perform miracles in Galilee and only after this does He finds God in the desert as Saramago tells it. This is the case when looking at these two books. (252)

This precedes the second trip that Jesus makes from his home in Nazareth. This school of thought was absolutely foreign to all, especially the rabbis and priests that heard these sermons. And only after John’s death did Jesus begin to preach to great numbers of people. Endo says, John, being Jesus’ teacher, spent enough time with him to realize who he was in league with. From this Endo speculated that this monastery quite possible was the temptation that Jesus faced.

Blessed are those who mourn,

For they shall be comforted. As time passed Jesus’ mother realizes her mistake only after an angel visits her. These stories concern themselves with Jesus the humanitarian, and Endo’s favorite quote is:

Blessed are the poor in sight,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Endo holds that this quite possible may be the case that a monastery quite close to the reported spot of Jesus’ time in the wilderness and it is true that the ideas that were held there were quite the opposite of those that were held by Jesus.

As Jesus travels around Galilee, as described in A Life if Jesus, the public opinion surrounding him began to falter.

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