Lecture 38 Outline - Handing Jesus over to Death

  1. Death of Jesus – Historical Factors
    1. Handing Jesus over:  Mk  1:14, 3:19, 14:10, 15:1, 10, 15 (see annotations to 9:31 and 15:1)
    2. Judas, one of the twelve (14:10, 20, 43)
    3. Jesus before the Council (14:53-65)
    4. Jesus before Pilate (15:1-5)
    5. Jesus before the assembled crowd (15:6-15)
    6. Peter, head of disciples, denies Jesus (14:54, 66-72; cf. 14:26-31)
  2.  Death of Jesus – Theological Factors
    1. Representative nature of the disciples:  as 12 sons of Jacob are to Israel so 12 disciples are to the Church
    2. Foolishness disciples represents the inadequacy of all human attempts to follow Jesus.
    3. Rembrandt's depiction of Mk 15:6-15 – who hands Jesus over? See http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rembp/hob_41.1.36.htm
    4. O Sacred Head now wounded (see handout):  whose sins harm Jesus? [J.S. Bach, St. John Passion]
    5. National Council of Catholic Bishops and the issue of how to dramatize the passion during Holy Week.  Who is at fault for Jesus' death in the liturgy of the church?
  3.  Typological Relationship between the Joseph story and the Gospel
    1. Jesus and Joseph as "beloved sons"
    2. Forgiving the brothers of Joseph/disciples of Jesus (p. 209ff)
Citation: Anderson, G. A. (2006, September 07). Lecture 38 Outline - Handing Jesus over to Death. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/foundations-of-theology-biblical-and-historical/lectures/lecture-38-outline-handing-jesus-over-to-death.
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