PART TWO
Holy Week
From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection
by
Joseph Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI
English translation provided by the Vatican Secretariat of State
Ignatius Press • San Francisco
Jesus von Nazareth:
Zweiter Teil:
Vom Einzug in Jerusalem
bis zur Auferstehung
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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations (except those within citations) have been taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible, Second Catholic Edition, © 2006. The Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible: the Old Testament, © 1952, 2006; the Apocrypha, © 1957, 2006; the New Testament, © 1946, 2006; the Catholic Edition of the Old Testament, incorporating the Apocrypha, © 1966, 2006, the Catholic Edition of the New Testament, © 1965, 2006 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved.
Translated by Philip J. Whitmore
Front cover art (left):
Christ’s Passion: Descent from the Cross
and
Front cover art (right):
Christ’s Appearance Behind Locked Doors
The Maestà Altarpiece
Painted 1308–1311 for the Cathedral of Siena
by Duccio di Buoninsegna
Museo dell’Opera Metropolitana, Siena, Italy
©Scala/Art Resource, New york
Photograph of Pope Benedict XVI by Stefano Spaziani
Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum
© 2011 by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City
Published in the United States © 2011 Ignatius Press, San Francisco
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ISBN 978-1-58617-500-9 (HB)
Library of Congress Control Number 2010937202
1 The Entrance into Jerusalem and the Cleansing of the Temple
1. The Entrance into Jerusalem
2. The Cleansing of the Temple
2 Jesus’ Eschatological Discourse
3. Prophecy and Apocalyptic in the Eschatological Discourse
Sacramentum and exemplum—gift and task: The “new commandment”
Washing of feet and confession of sin
1. The Jewish Feast of Atonement as Biblical Background to the High-Priestly Prayer
2. Four Major Themes of the Prayer
“Sanctify them in the truth …”
“I have made your name known to them …”
1. The Dating of the Last Supper
2. The Institution of the Eucharist
3. The Theology of the Words of Institution
4. From the Last Supper to the Sunday Morning Eucharist
1. On the Way to the Mount of Olives
3. Jesus’ Will and the Will of the Father
4. Jesus’ Prayer on the Mount of Olives in the Letter to the Hebrews
1. Preliminary Discussion in the Sanhedrin
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About Jesus of Nazareth: Part Two: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the ResurrectionWhy was Jesus rejected by the religious leaders of his day? Who was responsible for his death? Did he establish a church to carry on his work? How did Jesus view his suffering and death? How should we? And, most importantly, did Jesus really rise from the dead and what does his resurrection mean? The story of Jesus raises many crucial questions. Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, and no myth, revolutionary, or misunderstood prophet, insists Benedict XVI. He thinks that the best of historical scholarship, while it can’t “prove” Jesus is the Son of God, certainly doesn’t disprove it. Indeed, Benedict maintains that the evidence, fairly considered, brings us face-to-face with the challenge of Jesus—a real man who taught and acted in ways that were tantamount to claims of divine authority, claims not easily dismissed as lunacy or deception. Benedict brings to his study the vast learning of a brilliant scholar, the passionate searching of a great mind, and the deep compassion of a pastor’s heart. In the end, he dares readers to grapple with the meaning of Jesus’ life, teaching, death, and resurrection. |
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