Part I
In the seventh chapter in A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus, Norm is now discussing the end of Jesus’s life, in Jesus’s last few days and death. Norm visits the Mount of Olives where he questions if he is in the same location the disciples where when they had the last supper (234). When Jesus is on the cross, Mark is very blunt about Jesus’s fears of bearing his cross, even wondering if Jesus cannot handle the burden (236). Later Norm makes parallels between martyrdom of Polycarp and Jesus’ life (237-238). Norm looks into how Jesus is an embarrassment to the writers of the gospels and how maybe Jesus did not disappear from the tomb because he was moved to the family tomb later in the week (244, 259). Lastly, Norm looks at the gospels words during the week after Jesus’s death to looks at the idea of Jesus being out on the loose after his burial (262-265).
Part II
Jesus is in a very human, venerable position when he is on the cross (236). He cries out to his Heavenly Father in pain, something we would not expect a powerful, miracle-working figure to do. Jesus seems to be demonstrating his imperfections and how his role on earth is not perfect; maybe this is a reference to why we live in a fallen world? This idea may be possible in the context of Jesus being holy and powerful, yet not perfect on earth. When the gospel writers wrote about Jesus’s death the details are limited and not always clear. It seems as though they are again embarrassed by this figure of great importance. In class we talked about how the gospel writers want to write with the intention of intriguing their readers and drawing people into believing and having faith in Jesus’s story (248-257).
In the seventh chapter in A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus, Norm is now discussing the end of Jesus’s life, in Jesus’s last few days and death. Norm visits the Mount of Olives where he questions if he is in the same location the disciples where when they had the last supper (234). When Jesus is on the cross, Mark is very blunt about Jesus’s fears of bearing his cross, even wondering if Jesus cannot handle the burden (236). Later Norm makes parallels between martyrdom of Polycarp and Jesus’ life (237-238). Norm looks into how Jesus is an embarrassment to the writers of the gospels and how maybe Jesus did not disappear from the tomb because he was moved to the family tomb later in the week (244, 259). Lastly, Norm looks at the gospels words during the week after Jesus’s death to looks at the idea of Jesus being out on the loose after his burial (262-265).
Part II
Jesus is in a very human, venerable position when he is on the cross (236). He cries out to his Heavenly Father in pain, something we would not expect a powerful, miracle-working figure to do. Jesus seems to be demonstrating his imperfections and how his role on earth is not perfect; maybe this is a reference to why we live in a fallen world? This idea may be possible in the context of Jesus being holy and powerful, yet not perfect on earth. When the gospel writers wrote about Jesus’s death the details are limited and not always clear. It seems as though they are again embarrassed by this figure of great importance. In class we talked about how the gospel writers want to write with the intention of intriguing their readers and drawing people into believing and having faith in Jesus’s story (248-257).
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