Synoptic Christology of Lament - The Lord Who Answered and the Lord Who Cried

A Synoptic Christology of Lament explores the Christological implications of the way the Evangelists portray Jesus as someone who both answered cries of distress and uttered them. They take up the language of lament from Israel's Scriptures to accomplish this biographical aim.

List of contents

Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Lament and Early Christology
Chapter Two: Lament in Israel's Scriptures
Chapter Three: Laments to Jesus and by Jesus in Mark
Chapter Four: Laments to Jesus and by Jesus in Matthew
Chapter Five: Laments to Jesus and by Jesus in Luke
Chapter Six: The Significance of Lament in Synoptic Christology and Beyond
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Channing L. Crisler is Associate Professor of New Testament at Anderson University, South Carolina. He is the author of Reading Romans as Lament (2016) and Echoes of Lament and the Christology of Luke (2020).

Summary

A Synoptic Christology of Lament explores the Christological implications of the way the Evangelists portray Jesus as someone who both answered cries of distress and uttered them. They take up the language of lament from Israel’s Scriptures to accomplish this biographical aim.

Product details

• Authors: Channing L. Crisler
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781666912708
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-270-8
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis