The Last Week: What The Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days In Jerusalem

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Marcus J Borg John Dominic Crossan

The Last Week

What The Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days In Jerusalem

Marcus J Borg, John Dominic Crossan

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English

Harper Collins
01 May 2007

Religion & beliefs; History of religion; Christianity; New Testaments

Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's crucifixion.

Using the gospel of Mark as their guide, Borg and Crossan present a day-by-day account of Jesus's final week of life. They begin their story on Palm Sunday with two triumphal entries into Jerusalem. The first entry, that of Roman governor Pontius Pilate leading Roman soldiers into the city, symbolized military strength. The second heralded a new kind of moral hero who was praised by the people as he rode in on a humble donkey. The Jesus introduced by Borg and Crossan is this new moral hero, a more dangerous Jesus than the one enshrined in the church's traditional teachings.

The Last Week depicts Jesus giving up his life to protest power without justice and to condemn the rich who lack concern for the poor. In this vein, at the end of the week Jesus marches up Calvary, offering himself as a model for others to do the same when they are confronted by similar issues. Informed, challenged, and inspired, we not only meet the historical Jesus, but meet a new Jesus who engages us and invites us to follow him.

By: Marcus J Borg, John Dominic Crossan
Imprint: Harper Collins
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 190g
ISBN: 9780060872601
ISBN 10: 0060872608
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 01 May 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Last Week: What The Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days In Jerusalem

[...] Borg and Crossan show one of the most careful and insightful readings of the Bible I've ever come across. --Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this volume[...] --Barbara Brown Taylor, author of Leaving Church and Preaching Life If there is...one book for the redemption of Holy Week, this is it. A must read. --Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University These controversial Jesus Seminar scholars provide lots to ponder. --The Kansas City Star A readable and attractive reinterpretation of Jesus' death and resurrection. . . . --Houston Chronicle Borg and Crossan brilliantly chronicle the tension that forced everyone to pledge allegiance -- either to Rome or to Jesus. --Los Angeles Times