The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. In the wilderness he tussles not with the Devil – a kindly and necessary evil – but with God, a fallible, power-hungry autocrat. And he must die not for the sins of the fathers but for the sins of the Father.

Isus al lui Saramago nu este fiul lui Dumnezeu, ci al lui Iosif. In pustie, el nu se lupta cu Diavolul - un rau bun si necesar - ci cu Dumnezeu, un autocrat falibil si avid de putere.