The Death of Jesus

Tradition and Interpretation in the Passion Narrative

• Author(s): Joel B. Green,
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Pages: 368
• ISBN_10: 1610971280
  ISBN_13: 9781610971287
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Studies / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General , Religion / Biblical Reference / General ,

Description:... Proclamation of the crucified Messiah is always close at hand when one attempts even the most cursory articulation of the Christian faith. Viewed simultaneously as scandal and eschatological turning-point the cross of Christ is the cornerstone of Christian faith and praxis. This is not to say that the crucifixion of Jesus has at all times and all places been subjected to a single interpretation by Christian believers. Already in the dawning years of the Christian movement Jesus' disciples understood his death in numerous ways, utilizing a variety of images. This study takes as its primary points of departure the prominence of the cross-event for Christians and the variety of it interpretations. Here we seek a partial answer to the question how earliest Christianity understood the death of Jesus. Originally, this study took the form of a 1985 University of Aberdeen dissertation.