Man of Nazareth

Man of Nazareth

First edition
Author	Anthony Burgess
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	McGraw-Hill
Publication date	1979
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback and Paperback)
ISBN	0-07-008962-0
OCLC	4515476
Dewey Decimal	823/.9/14
LC Class	PZ4.B953 Man 1979 PR6052.U638
Followed by	The Kingdom of the Wicked

Man of Nazareth is a 1979 historical novel by Anthony Burgess based on his screenplay for Franco Zeffirelli's television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977). It is the second in a trilogy of Burgess books with biblical themes, the others being Moses (1976) and The Kingdom of the Wicked (1985).

Plot introduction

Man of Nazareth is a fictionalized historic account recalling the story of Jesus from his birth to his death. Burgess uses a Greek merchant recently returned from Jerusalem following the crucifixion as the narrator, a man recounting the stories he heard about Jesus while conducting his business there.

Release details

• 1979, United States, McGraw-Hill ISBN   0-07-008962-0, Pub date November 1979, Hardback

Sources, references, external links, quotations

"'Love and Do as You Please'". The New York Review of Books. 26. NYR Books …. 16 August 1979.