Chapman, Paul Harmon2022-05-062022-05-061921https://hdl.handle.net/2144/44365[The story of the temptation of ’Jesus is given to us in the three Synoptic Gospels. Marks gives us, as in the case of other events, the shortest and most definite account. They all agree as to the important facts of of the story, only in minor details do we find any differences. Perhaps our best understanding of Christ’s reason for going into the wilderness is to be found in the interpretation that He went into the wilderness to pray and meditate.]en-USNo known copyright restrictionshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/Humanities and religionA sociological interpretation of the temptation of JesusThesis/Dissertation