The ‘transvaluation of values’ shown by Jesus’ Passion and death is prefigured in the exorbitant gesture of Mary of Bethany, who anoints him in costly oil, and the generosity of the impoverished widow who donates a couple of almost worthless coins to the Temple treasury / By DAVID LLOYD DUSENBURY
06 April 2023, The Tablet
Sacrificial acts and the price of love
Maestro di Marradi, The Arrest of Jesus c.1500-1510.
photo: alamy/ian dagnall computing.
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