Early Christian discourses on Jesus' prayer at Gethsemane: courageous, committed, cowardly?
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...
| Published in: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum |
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2016]
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Supplements to Novum Testamentum (166)
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| Reviews: | Early Christian Discourses on Jesus’ Prayer at Gethsemane. Courageous, Committed, Cowardly? (2017) (Meiser, Martin, 1957 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum
166 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Gethsemane (motif)
/ Prayer
/ Church
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| Further subjects: | B
Jesus Christ
Prayer in Gethsemane
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| Summary: | 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. 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 escape, even as he submitted himself to God’s will. Ancient critics mocked Jesus and his followers for the events at Gethsemane. The ‘hero’ failed to meet the cultural standards for noble death and masculinity. As such, this story calls for further reflection and interpretation. The present book unfolds discourses from the earliest centuries of Christianity to determine what strategies were developed to come to terms with Gethsemane |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004309640 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004309647 |