NMLP P-017028 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

José Saramago (trans. Giovanni Pontiero) · The Harvill Press, London · 1993

True first of the work is the Portuguese 'O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo' (Editorial Caminho, Lisbon, 1991). The first edition in English is the UK Harvill (1993), which precedes the US Harcourt Brace (1994); both use the Pontiero translation.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017028 for "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" by José Saramago (trans. Giovanni Pontiero) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017028, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).