The life of jesus christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross. For nikos kazantzakis, jesus was both truly man and truly god, and the novelist. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The last temptation of christ quotes by nikos kazantzakis. In this story, jesus is presented as both fully human and fully devine, free of sin but subject to all temptations. The last temptation of christ by nikos kazantzakis book.
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