This man lives an idyllic married life under the name of "Lazarus" in a dream sequence from which he wakes up and immediately dies, in a novel about him adapted into a film by Martin Scorsese.
This character jolts awake upon feeling an invisible vulture claw deeply into his scalp, crack his skull, and touch his brain. When this character faints in the midst of uttering a phrase, his guardian angel wakes him up and transforms himself into a black slave bearing a basket full of jewelry and fine clothes to  serve as his guide. In another novel, this character suffers nightmares in which several soldiers, including his father, march to a village square to slaughter him and other children. This character is encouraged to have sex with (*) sheep during his four years studying under the Pastor, who banishes him when he offers a lamb for sacrifice. This man lives an idyllic married life under the name of "Lazarus" in a dream sequence from which he wakes up and immediately dies, in a novel about him adapted into a film by Martin Scorsese. For 10 points, Jose Saramago and Nikos Kazantzakis were accused of blasphemy for penning novels respectively depicting The Gospel According to and The Last Temptation of what religious figure?
This character jolts awake upon feeling an invisible vulture claw deeply into his scalp, crack his skull, and touch his brain.
Jesus Christ [or Jesus Cristo]