The Saving Cross of the Suffering Christ: The Death of Jesus in Lukan Soteriology

Benjamin R. Wilson

Published by De Gruyter 2016

The Saving Cross of the Suffering Christ

The Death of Jesus in Lukan Soteriology

Benjamin R. Wilson

Volume 223 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110477115

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About this book

What is the place of the cross in the thought of the third evangelist? This book seeks to show the central significance of the death of Jesus for Luke's understanding of (1) how salvation is accomplished and (2) what it means for Jesus to be the messiah. Whereas previous authors have helpfully attended to individual motifs within Luke's account of the passion, this book takes more of a wide-angle approach to the topic, moving from the very first allusions to Jesus' rejection at the beginning of Luke's gospel all the way through to the retrospective references to Jesus' death that occur throughout the speeches of Acts. By focusing on the inter-relationship of the various parts that form the whole of the Lukan portrayal of Jesus' death, Wilson proposes fresh solutions to several of the intractable exegetical disputes related to the place of the cross in Lukan theology, thereby helping to situate Lukan soteriology within the broader context of Jewish and Christian belief and practice in the first century.

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Benjamin R. Wilson, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago IL, USA.

Reviews

"[...] Benjamin Wilson offers a fresh contribution to a crowded field of studies on the death of Jesus in Luke-Acts. [...] Wilson’s monograph is commendable for its masterful engagement with the voluminous corpus of secondary literature, its patient attentiveness to Luke’s narrative and theological concerns, and its original and convincing argumentation. [...] Wilson’s monograph is a model of outstanding NT scholarship. This represents perhaps the new standard treatment of the saving significance of the cross in Lukan theology, a work with which future studies must reckon."
Brian J. Tabb in: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 59/1, 2016, pp. 639-642

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Chapter 1 – Introduction and History of Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 – The Passion before the Passion: Anticipatory Allusions to Jesus’ Fate of Rejection, Suffering, and Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Chapter 3 – The Lukan Last Supper: Text and Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 4 – The Passion Narrative within its Lukan Framework Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Chapter 5 – The Death of Jesus Proclaimed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 6 – The Pattern of Proclamation within a Jewish Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
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Appendix 1 – Pre-Passion References to Jesus’ Death & Synoptic Parallels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in New Testament Studies, Biblical Theology, Early Christian Studies, Early Jewish Studies; pastors and students.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 217
Keywords: Crucifixion; passion narrative; soteriology; kerygma

eBook

Published: July 25, 2016
ISBN: 9783110477115

Hardcover

Published: July 25, 2016
ISBN: 9783110475821