Early Christian Discourses on Jesus' Prayer at Gethsemane - Courageous, Committed, Cowardly?

In the light of Jesus's ministry as a whole, his agonized prayer (Gethsemane) is troublesome. He failed to meet the standards of dying "like a man." How did the first centuries of Christians come to terms with this embarrassing story?

About the author

Karl Olav Sandnes, Dr. theol. (1988), University of Oslo, is Professor of New Testament at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, Norway. His most recent book is The Gospel 'According to Homer and Virgil': Cento and Canon (2011).

Product details

• Authors: Karl Olav Sandnes
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.2015
• EAN: 9789004309593
• ISBN: 978-90-04-30959-3
• No. of pages: 396
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations