Early Christian discourses on Jesus' prayer at Gethsemane : courageous, committed, cowardly? /

From early on, Christians passed down the account of Jesus's agony at the prospect of his own death and his prayer that the cup should pass from him (Gethsemane). Yet, this is a troublesome aspect of Christian tradition. Jesus was committed to his death, but as it approached, he prayed for his...

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Main Author: Sandnes, Karl Olav, 1954-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 166.
Novum Testamentum Supplements Online, Supplement 2016, ISBN: 9789004309692.

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Call Number: BT435

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introducing the Topic
  • 2 A Legacy of Manly Courage
  • 3 Manly Martyrs
  • 4 Jesus' Agony Seen by Foes: A Lack of Manly Courage
  • 5 Mark 14:32-42: Jesus-Righteous Sufferer and Example
  • 6 Matthew: "If Necessary"
  • 7 A Heroic Jesus? Luke's Gospel (Luke 22:39-46)
  • 8 The Fourth Gospel: Gethsemane Reconfigured
  • 9 "With Loud Cries and Tears": Heb 5:7-9 and Gethsemane
  • 10 Justin Martyr: "Autobiographic" Gethsemane
  • 11 Tatian: Gethsemane Harmonized
  • 12 "Orthodox" versus "Non-Orthodox" Gethsemane
  • 13 The Gospel of the Savior (Papyrus Berolinensis 22220): Intercession in Heavenly Gethsemane
  • 14 Origen: A More Severe Martyrdom
  • 15 Gethsemane and the Lord's Prayer
  • 16 "Hippolytus": Gethsemane and Doctrinal Proof
  • 17 John Chrysostom: Gethsemane and Acted Proof
  • 18 Jerome: Gethsemane-An Incident of Propatheia
  • 19 The Empress Eudocia's Cento: Homeric and Emotional Hero at Gethsemane
  • 20 Gethsemane Discourses
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Sources.