Part 1
Norm begins the chapter at the Mount of Olives. There has just been a terrorist attack. Norm then goes into a cave where it is thought Jesus may have spent his last night. Norm then discusses the topic of martyrs and describes Jesus as a martyr of his time. Unlike the Maccabees though, Jesus accepted his death but did not seek it (Fisk, p.239). Fisk then goes on to tell why Jesus offended so many Jewish people. Many of them thought he was a false prophet, and they tried to stop his popularity from growing any further. Norm then goes on to discuss Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Part 2
One thing that interested me in this chapter was the parallel between Jesus and David on the Mount of Olives. Both 2 Samuel and the gospels describe a grieving king in Gethsemane, asks God to remove his humiliation and restore him to the throne (Fisk, p.232). I had never heard this story of David before. It is really beginning to dawn on me just how many parallels there are between Jesus in the New Testament and the important people of the Hebrew Bible. It was also nice to see the criterion of embarrassment and multiple attestation in action in this chapter. The criterion of embarrassment applies to the fact that Jesus’ disciples are portrayed as uninterested and even fall asleep in the final hours of Jesus’ life. Jesus is also depicted as fearful of death and frail (Fisk, p.231). Multiple attestation is applicable because all the gospels tell of Jesus being on a hillside at the Mount of Olives.
Norm begins the chapter at the Mount of Olives. There has just been a terrorist attack. Norm then goes into a cave where it is thought Jesus may have spent his last night. Norm then discusses the topic of martyrs and describes Jesus as a martyr of his time. Unlike the Maccabees though, Jesus accepted his death but did not seek it (Fisk, p.239). Fisk then goes on to tell why Jesus offended so many Jewish people. Many of them thought he was a false prophet, and they tried to stop his popularity from growing any further. Norm then goes on to discuss Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Part 2
One thing that interested me in this chapter was the parallel between Jesus and David on the Mount of Olives. Both 2 Samuel and the gospels describe a grieving king in Gethsemane, asks God to remove his humiliation and restore him to the throne (Fisk, p.232). I had never heard this story of David before. It is really beginning to dawn on me just how many parallels there are between Jesus in the New Testament and the important people of the Hebrew Bible. It was also nice to see the criterion of embarrassment and multiple attestation in action in this chapter. The criterion of embarrassment applies to the fact that Jesus’ disciples are portrayed as uninterested and even fall asleep in the final hours of Jesus’ life. Jesus is also depicted as fearful of death and frail (Fisk, p.231). Multiple attestation is applicable because all the gospels tell of Jesus being on a hillside at the Mount of Olives.
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