had taken offence, and at every performance, demonstrations including premeditated violence against the play and the playwright were instigated. The police even confiscated the script; the state went on to ban the play, and courts did not overturn the ban. Antony went on to publish the play in print in the Malayalam language; eventually he was arrested and punished on unrelated charges. In popular culture The American singer-songwriter Judee Sill referred to Kazantzakis as her favorite writer; her 1971 song "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" was inspired by the depiction of Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ. The Simpsons titled a season 9 episode The Last Temptation of Krust as a play on the book title. References 1960 novels Greek literature Greek novels Historical novels Modern Greek literature Novelistic portrayals of Jesus Greek novels adapted into films Novels by Nikos Kazantzakis Simon & Schuster books Christianity in popular culture controversies Obscenity controversies in literature