Could Hunger and Frustration Explain Jesus’ Temple Cleansing?

Could Hunger and Frustration Explain Jesus’ Temple Cleansing?

Cleansing of the Temple. Credit: Scarsellino / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain A scene in the New Testament long understood as an act of divine anger — the cleansing of the Temple by Jesus — may instead reflect a moment shaped by human strain, according to a new academic study. The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cogent Arts & Humanities, suggests that hunger, fatigue, and frustration may have influenced Jesus when he overturn…