even in this moment of encounter with the devil. Unlike other cultures where a person on the verge of adulthood goes off alone on a vision quest to find a name and an identity, Jesus has already had the visionary experience. This is rather a time of sorting: what did that experience mean for his future? The account is set in the wilderness, a place where prophets like Moses and Elijah also began their ministries. It is the place where Israel itself was birthed as a people on their trek to the land