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The Psalms of Lament in Mark's Passion

Jesus' Davidic Suffering

  • Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm

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For those seeking deeper understanding of Jesus' suffering

Clarifies the relationship between Jesus and David's lament

You will gain fresh insights into Jesus' passion narrative

This insightful book explores the connections between Jesus and David's psalms of lament.

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. Mark alludes to these psalms in reference to Jesus; David's concerns become woven into the depiction of Jesus. 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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Scripture and Social Justice : Catholic and Ecumenical EssaysThe Psalms of Lament in Mark's Passion

  • Title

    The Psalms of Lament in Mark's Passion

  • Author

    Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    February 2010

  • Weight

    327g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521130400

  • ISBN-10

    0521130409

  • Eden Code

    2664786

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