It's AD 70. And amidst smoke, clamor, and terror, Jerusalem is falling to the Romans, its temple being destroyed. As Jews and Christians try to escape the city, we travel with some of them through an imagined week of flight and faith. A scribe makes his way into Galilee in search of records of Jesus' life and teachings. A company of women, responding to a prophecy, travels the route to a new life in Pella. We see friends reunited, join a worship gathering of Jesus followers, and discover treasured manuscripts. In this imaginative and entertaining narrative, New Testament scholar Ben Witherington leads us behind the veil of centuries to see and experience the historical and social realities of this epochal event. Allowing the light of what we do know to conjure possible events, A Week in the Fall of Jerusalem is a fun and informative journey into the wrinkles and folds of a lost story.
Spis treści
1. Where There’s Smoke
2. Miryam of Pella
3. The Daughters of Jerusalem
4. Sorrow and Woe
5. A Tale of Lentils and Lentels
6. Levi’s Flight
7. Respite in Jericho
8. Prophecy and Interpretation
9. Visitors in Worship
10. The Parting of the Ways
11. Julius Reports Back
12. The Travels and Travails of Torah
13. The End of Levi
14. Uncertain Paths
15. The House of the Fisherman
16. Another Journey Begins
17. Of Spices and Snakes
18. The Secrets of Bethsaida
19. The Remains of the Week
20. Prayers and Providence
21. Old Scrolls and New Scrolls
22. Family Reunion
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Ben Witherington III is Amos Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary and a well-known expert in his field. He is the author of over forty books, including Conflict and Community in Corinth and a two-volume New Testament theology, The Indelible Image. He speaks widely, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and blogs at patheos.com.