Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ was the central figure of Christianity, presented in the New Testament as a Jewish teacher, healer and messianic claimant in Roman Judaea. His ministry, conflict with religious and political authorities, crucifixion under Pontius Pilate and the belief in his resurrection shaped the development of Christianity.

Robert Graves’s King Jesus places Jesus Christ within a narrative shaped by court politics and dynastic power, religion, belief and institutional authority, and social change and the pressures of ordinary life. Jeanne Blanchet’s Man at the Cross Road places Jesus Christ within a narrative shaped by court politics and dynastic power, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and religion, belief and institutional authority. Other novels featuring Jesus Christ include Margaret George’s Mary, Called Magdalene and Mika Waltari’s The Secret of the Kingdom.