anyone recommend an historical fictional novel about Jesus?

[bohemimum]

Who has written one? Is there a choice...? Suggestions please!

Am also interested in any fictional accounts of Israel/ Jerusalem.
Thanks.

[notnowImreading]

There are quite a few. If you type names of the main people involved into Amazon you usually come up with at least a couple of options for each character.

[DuchessofMalfi]

All I can think of right now is The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman. Don't know if that's the sort of thing you're looking for though?

[MegBusset]

The Bible

I read one called Quarantine, can't recall who by...

[notnowImreading]

Quarantine is by Jim Crace. It's a pretty good read.

[Shakey1500]

Not historical but leaning towards Science Fiction is Patrick Tilley's "Mission".

Has a corker of an ending. I finished it and was really "Oh...wow!"

[mimbleandlittlemy]

King Jesus by Robert Graves. I haven't read it for years so don't know what my older self would say but my 20something self thought it was terrific.

Would also recommend Quarantine.

[BelfastBloke]

Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) wrote an excellent novel called Man of Nazareth.

It's based on his own screenplay for the TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth; which you may recall had fairly developed characters and political issues.

[BelfastBloke]

And there's the novel of 'The Last Temptation of Christ'.

Martin Scorcese and Wilhelm Defoe got into a fair amount of controversy when they made the film version.

[bohemimum]

thanks that a good starting point - am now off to browse amazon!