Here is the contents page of the Pope’s book, Jesus of Nazareth Part Two, the long-awaited, highly anticipated study of the climax of the life of Jesus, from one of the most important theologians of the 20^th century.

The Holy Father’s book will be released in less than two weeks’ time – on March 10^th – and we can now show you the exact structure of the journey in search of Christ that he wants us to accompany him on.

Table of Contents

Contents	Page
Abbreviations	ix
Publisher’s Note	xi
Foreword	xiii
Chapter 1: The Entrance into Jerusalem and the Cleansing of the Temple	1
1. The Entrance into Jerusalem	1
2. The Cleansing of the Temple	11
Chapter 2: Jesus’ Eschatological Discourse	24
1. The End of the Temple	28
2. The Times of the Gentiles	41
3. Prophecy and Apocalyptic in the Eschatological Discourse	45
Chapter 3: The Washing of the Feet	53
The hour of Jesus	54
“You are clean”	57
Sacramentum and exemplum — gift and task: The “new commandment”	61
The mystery of the betrayer	65
Two conversations with Peter	69
Washing of feet and confession of sin	72
Chapter 4: Jesus’ High-Priestly Prayer	76
1. The Jewish Feast of Atonement as Biblical Background to the High-Priestly Prayer	77
2. Four Major Themes of the Prayer	82
“This is eternal life . . .”	82
“Sanctify them in the truth . . .”	85
“I have made your name known to them . . .”	90
“That they may all be one . . .”	93
Chapter 5: The Last Supper	103
1. The Dating of the Last Supper	106
2. The Institution of the Eucharist	115
3. The Theology of the Words of Institution	125
4. From the Last Supper to the Sunday Morning Eucharist	138
Chapter 6: Gethsemane	145
1. On the Way to the Mount of Olives	145
2. The Prayer of Jesus	152
3. Jesus’ Will and the Will of the Father	157
4. Jesus’ Prayer on the Mount of Olives in the Letter to the Hebrews	162
Chapter 7: The Trial of Jesus	167
1. Preliminary Discussion in the Sanhedrin	167
2. Jesus before the Sanhedrin	175
3. Jesus before Pilate	183
Chapter 8: Crucifixion and Burial of Jesus	202
1. Preliminary Reflection: Word and Event in the Passion Narrative	202
2. Jesus on the Cross	206
a. The first of Jesus’ words from the Cross: “Father, forgive them”	206
b. Jesus is mocked	208
c. Jesus’ cry of abandonment	213
d. The casting of lots for Jesus’ garments	216
e. “I thirst”	217
f. The women at the foot of the Cross — the Mother of Jesus	219
g. Jesus dies on the Cross	223
h. Jesus’ burial	226
3. Jesus’ Death as Reconciliation (Atonement) and Salvation	229
Chapter 9: Jesus’ Resurrection from the Dead	241
1. What Is the Resurrection of Jesus?	241
2. The Two Different Types of Resurrection Testimony	248
a. The Confessional Tradition	248
1. Jesus’ death	251
2. The question of the empty tomb	253
3. The third day	257
4. The witnesses	259
b. The Narrative Tradition	260
1. Jesus’ appearances to Paul	263
2. The appearances of Jesus in the Gospels	265
3. Summary: The Nature of Jesus’ Resurrection and Its Historical Significance	272
Epilogue: He Ascended into Heaven — He Is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father, and He Will Come Again in Glory	278
Bibliography	295
Glossary	309
Index of Biblical References	331
Index of Proper Names and Subjects	341

Already from this we can see the structure and key themes of the work emerging. Leave us your comments below and let us know what you are looking forward to reading about!

Buy the book here and enter the following discount coupon code when you are in the checkout: WECC. You will get you 15% off the retail price of this book!

Offer ends 28/2/2011.

You may also find helpful