Ritualizing Jesus' Grief at Gethsemane

by Angela Kim Harkins

Angela Kim Harkins proposes that the Second Temple ritual context is an overlooked, but potentially fruitful, method for understanding the ancient controversies concerning Jesus' prayer at Gethsemane, as it appears in Mark 14:32-42 and Matthew 26:36-46. Harkins argues that the cultural specificity of emotions can help to account for why later Greek and Roman readers experienced such sharp and divergent responses to Jesus' prayer and ritual practices...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567695387
• ISBN13: 9780567695383
• Release Date: December 2028
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"