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Two of todays top historical Jesus experts explore the last seven days of Jesuss life, from his triumphal entry into Jerusalem to his march to the cross. What wasand isPassion Week really about? Using the best of biblical and historical scholarship, bestselling authors and leading Jesus scholars Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan shed new light on Jesuss final days in Jerusalem, revealing their true significance in history and for faith. Rather than collapse Holy Week into its last three days, as the Christian liturgy does, they use as their basis the gospel of Mark: a chronicle of Jesuss last week day-by-day and eventually hour-by-hour. Jesus entered Jerusalem knowing he would directly challenge the Roman Empire. Each day, tensions mounted as people were asked to choose which way they would follow: the Empire of power, or Jesuss revolutionary way of love, forgiveness, and grace. Borg and Crossan portray Jesus as someone who dared to face imperial wrath to bring a new way of life. Their goal: To retell a story everyone thinks they know too well and most do not seem to know at all.
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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. "
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