It would be hard to call them “friends” since Barabbas seems unable to be a friend, yet he can’t separate himself from this “Christian” man.Įventually his partner is discovered to be a Christian, refuses to recant and is put to death for his belief. They become co-workers in a copper mine in the Middle East, and manage to come to be an inseparable team. He is put into slavery and meets a man who is a Christian and enthusiastic about Jesus and the religion. Now he becomes a quiet, retiring person, eventually even a slave, who has no personal ambitions, yet is simply fascinated as to who this Jesus really is. He is, or at least was, the murderer and robber. In this work Barabbas becomes almost the opposite. We all fairly much know the story of the good, loving model of humanity, Jesus. This sets up a dichotomy which author Par Lagerkvist exploits. Yet he just can’t get this Jesus and this new religion out of his mind. Barabbas is a loner, doesn’t even care much for himself much less other people. Jesus is loving, caring and a leader of people. He is utterly fascinated by Jesus and is in so many ways his exact opposite. Thus begins the story of the rest of Barabbas’ life. He not only witnesses the crucifixion and immediate aftermath, but is aware that the followers of Jesus believe him to be a god, and they are following the religion created in his name. Thus the innocent Jesus goes to the cross and the guilty Barabbas is freed. He released Barabbas, clearly a murderer and insurrectionist.

It took me at least half the novel or longer before I fully began to notice what was really going on! According to the New Testament when Jesus was brought before the Roman judge there were three men ready to be crucified, but the crowd demanded that Jesus be crucified, so the judge decided to release one of the three since only three crosses were prepared. Removed Tts_version 4.Book review - By Par Lagerkvist – BARABBASS Reviews of Nobel Prize winner OL1327453W Page_number_confidence 86.59 Pages 166 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200806010441 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 679 Scandate 20200720004309 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780679725442 Source Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 01:42:19 Boxid IA1892614 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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