| Man of Nazareth | |
| Author: | Anthony Burgess |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill |
| Release Date: | 1979 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-07-008962-0 |
| Dewey: | 823/.9/14 |
| Congress: | PZ4.B953 Man 1979 PR6052.U638 |
| Oclc: | 4515476 |
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).
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.
Frank Kermode . 'Love and Do as You Please' . The New York Review of Books . 26 . 16 August 1979 . NYR Books ….