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The Gospel According to the Son
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Title Details
Running Time
4 Hrs. 43 Min.
Description
Following The New Testament closely, Norman Mailer recreates the life of Jesus and the Holy Land of 2,000 years ago. Jesus, a skilled and devout carpenter asks himself: Is God speaking to me? Do the voices I hear come from God? And if so, why has he chosen me? Meanwhile, the public world into which Jesus is thrust by his visions is governed by a complacent but fearful establishment that rules over a despairing middle class. As his sermons and miracles rock that world, the son of God emerges as a protagonist both divine and human, wracked by passion and doubt as he progresses inexorably toward his apocalyptic end.