The silence of Gethsemane
By: Michel Benoît ; translated from the French by Christopher Moncrieff
Contributors: Moncrieff, Christopher
Publisher: Alma Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Richmond, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781846881794
Subjects: Fiction
Other titles: Silence of Gethsemane :
Work titles: Dans le silence des oliviers
Description: On the night of Easter, in the midst of an olive grove, a young rabbi from Galilee is waiting. He knows that his people have abandoned him, that he will be arrested. Alone with the stars, he relives the events which have changed his life - his meeting with John the Baptist, his stay in the desert, followed by his two years of wandering - and reiterates his personal message to the world, a message which was misunderstood by his followers, rejected by the authorities and ultimately leads to his betrayal and downfall.