The Last Hours of Jesus by Ralph Gorman

The Last Hours of Jesus by Ralph Gorman

Each of the four Gospels tells only part of the story of Jesus . . . and all of them leave out background facts that are essential to understanding events surrounding Jesus' arrest, trial, and crucifixion.

That's because the Gospels were written for readers already familiar with many of the persons, places, parties, and politics that governed events in those long-past days.Not so modern readers, twenty centuries later!

Which is why Fr. Ralph Gorman has here crafted a single, unforgettable, detailed account that combines material from all four Gospels with critically-important Old Testament passages, plus relevant facts from Jewish and Roman history, laws, traditions, and practices. He also includes helpful first century military, political, geographical, and archaeological information and keen depictions of Gospel places based on his three years residence there.

The result?

Arichly-textured, moment-by-moment account that brings to vivid life the powerful events that transpired between Jesus' Agony in the Garden and His death on the Cross — a narrative that actually provides a fuller treatment of the events of Passion Week than is found in any of the Gospels.

From The Last Hours of Jesus, you'll come to learn scores of new — and often surprising — things, including:

• The exact moment that Satan entered Judas
• The dangerous political currents in Palestine that fueled the fatal eventsof Holy Week
• Why Jesus refused to answer many of His accusers
• Pontius Pilate: why he admired — but condemned — Jesus
• Why, so quickly, Palm Sunday's Hosannas led to Good Friday's Crucify him!
• Why, after His death, the Sanhedrin still feared Jesus
• And much more to enrich your knowledge, understanding, and love of Jesus!

Gorman, Ralph: - (1897-1972) Father Gorman, who was born in Binghamton, N. Y., was ordained a Passionist priest in 1924. He served as assistant editor of The Sign, the national Catholic magazine, until 1942 and as editor for 24. He also wrote two books, The Last Hours of Jesus and The Trial of Christ Reappraised.

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ISBN 13	9781622824700
ISBN 10	1622824709
Title	The Last Hours of Jesus
Author	Ralph Gorman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sophia Institute Press
Year published	2018-01-18
Number of pages	304
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