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Various authors and filmmakers have created dramatic portrayals of Jesus and his life.

Many wanted to portray an accurate depiction of what his life is believed to have been like, while others have used the persona of Jesus as a narrative device to make a literary point and develop a story's theme. Because of the devotion of many people to the idea of Jesus, portrayals of him in works of fiction have been, almost without exception, fraught with controversy. Film portrayals of Jesus have, in particular, attracted protests and criticism. Filmmakers and theater managers have even received death threats in the



wake of some of the more controversial movies about Jesus.

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Novels

  • According to Mary Magdalene by Marianne Fredriksson (2003)
  • Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (1970)
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
  • The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1881)
  • Casca: The Eternal Mercenary by Barry Sadler
  • The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago (1991)
  • The Gospel of Aphranius by Kiril Yeskov
  • The Gospel of Corax by Paul Park
  • I, Judas by Taylor Caldwell with Jess Stearn
  • Judas, My Brother by Frank Yerby
  • Judas Iscariot by Leonid Andreev
  • King Jesus by Robert Graves (1947)
  • Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore (2001)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis
  • The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (1940, published in 1966)
  • The Nazarene by Sholem Asch
  • Only Begotten Daughter and The Godhead Trilogy by James Morrow
  • Quarantine by Jim Crace
  • Riverworld by Philip José Farmer
  • The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • Testament by Nino Ricci
  • The Urantia Book Authorship assisted



    by William S. Sadler
  • The Wild Girl by Michèle Roberts

Motion pictures

Based on Biblical accounts

  • The Passion Play of Oberammergau (1898) silent film
  • Jésus de Nazareth (1911) silent film
  • The Last Supper (1914) silent film
  • The King of Kings (1927) silent film
  • Jesus of Nazareth (1928) silent film
  • Jesús de Nazareth (1942) Spanish
  • María Magdalena (1946)
  • King of Kings (1961) remake of the 1927 film
  • Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) Italian
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
  • The Gospel Road (1967)
  • Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV miniseries)
  • Jesus (1979)
  • Jesus (1999)
  • The Gospel of John (2003)
  • The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Other

  • Intolerance (1916)
  • The Robe (1953) (off-screen)
  • Ben-Hur (1959) (a non-speaking role, seen only from behind or in partial view)
  • Johnny Got His Gun (1971), featuring Donald Sutherland as Jesus in a dream sequence
  • Godspell (1973)
  • Jesus Christ Superstar (1973; new video version of original musical in 1999)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) (single scene)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)
  • Hail Mary (1985) (modern-day retelling of the Virgin Birth)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  • The Seventh Sign (1988)
  • Jesus of Montreal (1989)
  • Bad Lieutenant (1992)
  • The Book of Life (1998)
  • Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
  • Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) (direct-to-video )
  • Ultrachrist! (2004) (direct-to-video )
  • Judas (2004)

Theatre

  • Godspell
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Corpus Christi

Audio dramas

  • The Man Born to be King (1941)
  • Adventures in Odyssey, in episodes #66, #67, #137, #141, #176, #177, #183, #226, #227, #232, #302, #304, #305, #345, #346, #383, #389, #404, #413, #425, #439, #461, & #499

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