Respectfully I desagree. Jos� Saramago is a NOVELIST, not an historian. This GOSPEL is anovel not an historic text. Jesus only wrote once in his life (as has been recorded by history) and it was with the adulterous woman. She was condemed to death by the jewish law and the pharisees bought Jesus to her and tell him if she was to be condemend. It was a trap since if Jesus told them to save her they would have said that He was against the jewish law, and if He said that the should kill her they would say that he condemed her without proof. But he responded superbely. The text say that he wrote something with a stick on the sand and then said : let he who is free of guilt throw the first stone. They do not tell us what He wrote, but it was probably some common sins like lies, envy or something like that. Since the people in the mob saw their own sins, they could not throw her the stone and the left in shame. When they all left Jesus said to her: Where are those who condem you. She said thay have left Master He then teld her I do not condem you also, Go in peace and do not sin (I have written everything from memory and translated it from spanish to english) But apart from this story, Jesus never wrote anything. This is very common to spiritual leaders: Buda and Socrates did not write also. Saramango's gospel is his gospel. Is what he thinks. A very suspicious gospel that was written 2000 years after Jesus by someone that not only never meet Jesus but also by someone who hates Jesus follower (eg. Christians) Yours,
Paulo Vila On Wednesday 22 January 2003 07:31, Nicolas �vrard wrote: > * Johan Zaxmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [22/01/2003 8:06:45] : > > [DISCLAIMER My first post on debian-curiosa, hi ppl =) ] > > First post too ... Hi everyone ! > > Reading all this thinking about Christianity made me think about an > excellent book of Jos� Saramago : > > O Evangelho segundo Jesus Christo > The gospel according to Jesus Christ > > This book tells the gospels from Jesus Christ's point of view. > > Joseph learns that there will be the "massacre" (don't know how to say > it in english) of the innocents. And he decide to flee to egypt but > don't warn anyone. This fault will haunt Jesus and he will leave his > familly. But his father (God not Joseph) has plan for him. He want to > use him to increase his power over the humanity and against Jesus will ! > > It is said that the reaction to this book in Portugal made Jos� Saramago > leave his country. I don't if this is true or not. But anyway, this is > an excellent book.
