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The Last Week
- What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
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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- Emma M
- 06-11-19
Interesting book but monotonous narrator
I like the break down of the book and it provides interesting discussion but the narrator's voice was too monotonous to really be engaging
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-08-19
Powerful and refreshing.
This is great and challenging book un-picking the last week of Jesus's life. some really good insight by two great authors.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-07-18
not easy to listen too
usually love anything like this, but the voice or something not holding my attention, sounds like he is reading a boring book
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- craig walsh
- 03-01-18
Excellent interpretation of the meaning of Jesus.
I recommend listening to this audiobook again and again until the excellent discourse on Holy Week has been comprehended. It’s exposition of the political as well as the personal Jesus in his last week is very intriguing and makes one think of how the social justice aspect is sadly missing from mainstream Christianity, the church being pretty much aligned with the powerful establishment.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-20
Great book, very detailed and insightful
Great final chapter - wonderfully detailed. Would be great for someone who wants to have a deep understanding of the scriptures and how they are interlinked
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- Peter G
- 26-06-22
Excellent Narration, but flawed
I enjoyed this audiobook mainly because of the subject matter and the superb narration by John Pruden. However, I don't think that this highly detailed exposition really works in the audible format, due to the large number of references and side by side comparisons, for which a printed text is needed.
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