Place yourself as a Witness of the cross and determine what your own testimony will be! Experience Holy Friday from the perspective of those who watched Jesus die: Mary his mother; the Beloved Disciple from the Gospel of John
Mary Magdalene and the other women from Galilee; the two men, usually identified as thieves, crucified with Jesus; the centurion and the soldiers
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus.
Levine and a comprehensive Leader Guide..
Additional components are available for a six-week study include a DVD featuring Dr.
And we come away transformed.
The witnesses at the Crucifixion watch Jesus die, and we watch with them, and we watch them.
Each Gospel has its own story to tell, all the witnesses have their own memories, and every reader comes away with a new insight.
Each portrays different individuals and groups of people at the cross, each offers different images and dialogues, and so from each, we learn how those meanings and messages cross the centuries to any who would come to the cross today.
Each Evangelist presents a distinct picture of the death of Jesus.
In Witness at the Cross , Amy-jill Levine shows how the people at the cross each have distinct roles to play.
The story of Jesus\'s death is not something we just read: we think about it, and we experience it; we hear the taunts of the soldiers, the priests, and the passersby even as we hear the famous seven last words from the cross.
Jews and Romans, friends and strangers, the powerful and the powerless, the hopeful and the despairing.
Place yourself as a Witness of the cross and determine what your own testimony will be! Experience Holy Friday from the perspective of those who watched Jesus die: Mary his mother; the Beloved Disciple from the Gospel of John
Mary Magdalene and the other women from Galilee; the two men, usually identified as thieves, crucified with Jesus; the centurion and the soldiers
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
