Bible Review

See André Lemaire, “Probable Head of Priestly Scepter from Solomon’s Temple Surfaces in Jerusalem,” BAR 10:01.

See Mendel Kaplan and Yigal Shiloh, “Digging in the City of David,” BAR 05:04.

Also known as the Wisdom of Solomon, this book is contained in the Catholic canon and is part of the apocrypha for Jews and Protestants.

The subjective state of Jesus is expressed in a way parallel to Mark 14:34, “My soul is sorrowful unto death.” Both expressions in fact depend on Psalm 42:5, “Why are you sorrowful, my soul, and why do you trouble me.”

Thus, for example, John’s Gospel contains no account of the institution of the Eucharist such as we find in Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–25 or Luke 22:15–20. Nonetheless, the essential meaning of this event is found in John 6:51–58, so John was certainly aware of it.

A tradition no older than the fourth century identifies the mountain as Mt. Tabor in Lower Galilee, but none of the Gospels identifies this mountain.

Moriah here represents a vision; the word reflects a popular etymology based on the root r’h, to see. This root appears also in Genesis 22:4, 8, and 14. Thus, “to the land of Moriah [seeing]” is parallel to “the land that I will show you” in Genesis 12:1.