The Passion Play: Discovering the Gospel Story at Oberammergau

The Passion Play: Discovering the Gospel Story at Oberammergau will make your trip to Oberammergau an unforgettable and faith-enriching experience. It is a ‘must-have’ for any pilgrim attending the once-in-a-decade running of The Passion Play at Oberammergau in 2022. The Passion Play at Oberammergau is a worldwide event and will be attended by hundreds of thousands. In this essential guidebook, New Testament scholar and writer Dr. Peter Walker connects the modern dramatic scenes and the tableaus in the play today with the biblical accounts. This is an important field guide for non-German speakers. And, at around 100 pages, it is the perfect companion for your trip. The Passion Play is in German and here is how this book will help the English speaking traveler:

It will offer a short history of The Passion Play at Oberammergau It offers twelve New Testament synopsis of the twelve scenes of the Passion Play. It provides twelve Old Testament synopsis of the twelve ‘tableaus vivant’ of the Passion Play. A Biblical commentary of The Passion of Jesus Christ from the New Testament.