List of Jesus novels

Among the fictional biographies there are a number of novels that have the life of Jesus as a theme or background.

Many novels about the New Testament depict the life of Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ . Other novels use the time about the life of Christ only as a framework or background plot, in which the actual plot is embedded, or only deal with the time after his death at the beginning of Christianity. Still other novels attempt a satirical or ironic approach to the subject. Some novels on all three variants of the treatment of the subject sparked fierce controversy and met with strong criticism, especially when they were presented with contemporary or revealing means.

List by authors

• Michaela Abresch : Ostrakon - The Shard Guard, Acabus Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86282-229-4
• Rogier van Aerde : Why did you leave me? (Passie), 1966
• Max Brod : The Master , 1952
• John Bertram Phillips , Dory Naumann : A man named Jesus , Publisher: F. Reinhardt, Munich 1961
• Mikhail Bulgakov : The Master and Margarita , Ed. Spiegel, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 3-877-63029-4
• Deepak Chopra : Jesus, biographical novel , Scherz Verlag, Bern · Munich 2009, ISBN 3-502-61215-3
• Louis de Wohl : Longinus the witness , St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1968
• Jan Dobraczyński : Give me your worries. (1952) Brunnen, Giessen 1999, ISBN 978-3765534102
• Jan Dobraczyński: … take the child and his mother. Brendow, Moers 1990, ISBN 978-3870673901
• Dostojewski : Der Großinqusitor , in: The Brothers Karamasoff , Fifth Book, Chap. V, Verlag Pieper4, Munich 1925
• Andreas Eschbach : Das Jesus Video , Verlag Bastei-Lübbe, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-404-14294-2 , original title Jesus Video Schneekluth-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-7951-1625-2
• Martin Fieber : The Returned One - A novel about Jesus Christ and the Santiner , Bergkristall Verlag, 2009, ISBN 3-935-42268-7
• Gerhart Hauptmann : The fool in Christo Emanuel Quint , Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 1959
• Barbara Herrmann : Jesus is enough , Berlin 2014; ISBN 978-3-944266-27-5
• Guy Hocquenghem : The Wrath of the Lamb , 1985, ISBN 978-3485005838
• Christa Karasch : The Jesus witness: a novel from biblical times , St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 3-746-22187-0
• Nikos Kazantzakis : The Last Temptation (Ho teleutaios peirasmos), 1951
• Werner Koch ; This side of Golgotha , 1986
• Günter Krieger : The ninth hour: Biblical novel , Brunnen Verlag, Gießen 2015, ISBN 978-3-7655-0918-6
• Pär Lagerkvist : Barabbas , 1950
• Selma Lagerlöf : The Miracles of the Antichrist (Antikrists mirakler), 1897
• Walter Laufenberg : Jesus Online Approaching Unknown , Salon Literatur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 3-939-32122-2
• DH Lawrence : The man who had died (The Escaped Cock, 1929 and The Man, wo died, 1931), Diogenes, Zurich 1975 ISBN 3-257-20191-5
• Robert Ludlum : Das Jesus Papier , Heyne Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-43172-3
• Kathleen McGowan : The Magdalena Legacy , Verlag Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2011, ISBN 3-785-72415-2
• Kathleen McGowan : Das Jesus-Testament , Verlag Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2011, ISBN 3-404-16498-9
• Gérald Messadié : A man named Jesus , Verlag Knaur, Munich 1988 ISBN 3-426-63471-6
• Christopher Moore and Jörn Ingwersen : The Bible according to Biff - The wild youth of Jesus, told by his best friend , Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-54182-4
• Robert Nepauer: The Son of a Man , 3 volumes, Dura-Verlag, Tossens 1995.
• Giovanni Papini : Storia di Christo 1921; German The life of Mr. Munich 1924
• Giovanni Papini: The Witnesses of the Passion: 7 Gospel Legends. Frankfurt 1952
• Anne Rice : Jesus Christ: Return to the Holy Land , Hoffmann and Campe 2007, ISBN 978-3455400427
• Anne Rice: Jesus Christ: The Road to Kanaa , Hoffmann and Campe 2008, ISBN 978-3455401349
• Luise Rinser : Mirjam. Fischer, Frankfurt 1983, ISBN 978-3596251803
• Peter Rosegger : INRI , Leipzig 1905
• Patrick Roth : Riverside: Christ Novella. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1991, ISBN 978-3518406229
• Patrick Roth: Magdalena at the grave. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 2003, ISBN 978-3458192343
• Patrick Roth: Corpus Christi. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 978-3518395646
• David Safier : Jesus loves me , rororo, Reinbek near Hamburg 2009, ISBN 3-499-24811-5
• Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt : The Gospel according to Pilatus , Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2007, ISBN 3-596-17400-7
• Gore Vidal : Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal , Penguin, 1993, ISBN 0-14-023119-6
• Walter Wangerin , Wolfgang Günter and Wolfgang Schrödter : Jesus - The Roman , Brockhaus, Witten 2006, ISBN 3-417-24958-9
• Joseph Wittig : Life of Jesus in Palestine, Silesia and elsewhere. Kösel & Pustet, Munich 1925. Brendow, 1998, ISBN 978-3870674373

See also

• List of Bible adaptations
• Jesus in pop music

literature

• Karl-Josef Kuschel: Jesus in the mirror of world literature: the balance of a century . 2010, http://d-nb.info/1007120355/04 (original texts and introductions).
• LANGENHORST, Georg (undated): "JESUS: NO ONE LIKE HE!". On the permanent topicality of Jesus as a literary figure www.theologie-und-literatur.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Theologie_und_Literatur/Jesus_Niemand_wie_Er.pdf
• LANGENHORST, Georg (2007): “Nobody like him!” Jesus in the literature of the 21st century. In: Jesus of Nazareth. Approaches in the 21st Century (Herder Korrespondenz Spezial), pp. 49–53