Taking Up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations Through Latina and Feminist Eyes

by Barbara E. Reid

Book Overview

Discussions of the meaning of Jesus' passion are at a creative high point, in part because of popular events like Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, but also because of a groundswell of interest in contemporary biblical scholarship. Barbara E. Reid, O.P., here pays attention to the role of women in the accounts of Jesus' passion and observes that some of the interpretations of Jesus' death in the New Testament...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800662083
• ISBN13: 9780800662080
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"