Pilgrims to Jerusalem today try to retrace Jesus’ steps, from the house where legend says he ate his Last Supper, across the Kidron Valley to the Garden of Gethsemane, where, tradition tells us, he was arrested. Along the route, tour guides point out the spots where Jesus taught, prayed and slept. Although some of these sites may well be places Jesus knew, many became associated with Jesus long after his death and are almost certainly not authentic holy sites. In “The Garden of Gethsemane: Not the Place of Jesus’ Arrest,” Joan E. Taylor evaluates the archaeological evidence, the Biblical […]
