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The Night in Gethsemane: On Solitude and Betrayal

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The Night in Gethsemane: On Solitude and Betrayal - Recalcati, Massimo, and Goldstein, Ann (Translated by)
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As the Gospels tell us, after the Last Supper Jesus retreats to a small field just outside the city of Jerusalem: Gethsemane, the olive grove. His prayers are interrupted when Judas arrives with a group of armed men, and kisses him. The kiss, given to point Jesus out to the guards, has become a powerful symbol of the wrenching experience of betrayal, and abandonment. Betrayed by his disciples, even by Peter, the most faithful of them all, Jesus is forsaken. His sin, to have drawn God closer to man. In The Night in ...

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The Night in Gethsemane: On Solitude and Betrayal 2020, Europa Compass

ISBN-13: 9781609456221

Hardcover

The Night in Gethsemane: On Solitude and Betrayal 2020, Europa Compass, London

ISBN-13: 9781787702592

Hardcover