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The Psalms of Lament in Mark's Passion

Jesus' Davidic Suffering

  • Hardback
  • 254 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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For theologians and students of biblical literature

Clarifies the relationship between David's psalms and Jesus

You will gain fresh insights into Jesus' suffering narrative

This book explores the deep connections between David's laments and Jesus' suffering in Mark's Passion.

Stephen Ahearne-Kroll examines the literary interaction between the Gospel of Mark's passion narrative and four Psalms of Individual Lament evoked in it. These four psalms depict a David who challenges God's role in his suffering, who searches for understanding of his suffering in light of his past relationship with God, and who attempts to shame God into acting on his behalf only because he is suffering. Because Mark alludes to these psalms in reference to Jesus, David's concerns become woven into the depiction of Jesus in Mark. Reading David's challenge to God as part of Jesus' going 'as it is written of him' (i.e., suffering and dying according to Scripture; Mark 14:21) calls into question the necessity for Jesus' death within an apocalyptic framework of meaning. Finally, the suffering King David offers a more appropriate model for Jesus' suffering in Mark than that of the servant from Deutero-Isaiah.
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  • Title

    The Psalms of Lament in Mark's Passion

  • Author

    Stephen Ahearne-kroll (assistant Professor Of New Testament)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    October 2007

  • Weight

    468g

  • Page Count

    254

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521881913

  • ISBN-10

    0521881919

  • Eden Code

    1151751

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