| ABBREVIATIONS |
ix |
| PUBLISHER'S NOTE |
xi |
| FOREWORD |
xiii |
| I THE ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM AND THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE |
I |
| 2 JESUS' ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE 24 |
24 |
| 1. The End of the Temple |
28 |
| 2. The Times of the Gentiles |
41 |
| 3THE WASHING OF THE FEET |
53 |
| 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 |
| 5 THE LAST SUPPER |
103 |
| 1. The Dating of the Last Supper |
106 |
| 2. The Institution of the Eucharist IIS |
115 |
| 3. The Theology of the Words of Institution |
125 |
| 4. From the Last Supper to the Sunday Morning |
138 |
| 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 |
162 |
| 7 THE TRIAL OF JESUS |
167 |
| 1. Preliminary Discussion in the Sanhedrin |
167 |
| 2. Jesus before the Sanhedrin |
175 |
| 3. Jesus before Pilate |
183 |
| 8 CRUCIFIXION AND BURIAL OF JESUS |
202 |
| 1. Preliminary Reflection: Word and Event in the Passion Narrative |
202 |
| 2. Jesus on the Cross |
206 |
| "I thirst" |
217 |
| The women at the foot of the Cross—the Mother of Jesus |
219 |
| Jesus dies on the Cross |
223 |
| Jesus' burial |
226 |
| 3. Jesus' Death as Reconciliation (Atonement) and Salvation |
229 |
| 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 |
| The question of the empty tomb |
253 |
| The third day |
257 |
| The witnesses |
259 |
| B. The Narrative Tradition |
260 |
| 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 G |
278 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
295 |
| GLOSSARY |
309 |
| INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES |
331 |
| INDEX OF PROPER NAMES AND SUBJECTS |
341 |