Passion of Christ, passion of the world : the facts, their interpretation, and their meaning yesterday and today /
Leonardo Boof; translated from the Portuguese by Robert R. Barr.
- xiii ; 146 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Problem and formulations -- Guiding interest of this investigation -- Guiding interest of the gospel accounts of Jesus' passion -- Guiding interest of our reading of Jesus' passion --
II. Jesus' death as consequence of a Praxis and a message -- Jesus' historical project --
III. Jesus' death as a crime -- The original passion account subsequently augmented by Mark -- Jesus' journey to Jerusalem -- Entry into Jerusalem -- Purification of the temple -- Last supper -- Temptation in Gethsemani -- Trial and sentencing -- Crucifixion --
IV. How did Jesus interpret His death? -- Jesus' attitude toward the prospect of a violent death -- How had Jesus pictured the outcome? -- An attempt at a reconstruction of Jesus' historical path -- The transcendent meaning of Jesus' death --
V. Ultimate meaning of the death of Christ: resurrection --
VI. Interpretations of Christ's death by the primitive Christian communities -- Common destiny of the prophets and the just: violent death -- A crucified Messiah? -- The death of Christ as expiation and sacrifice -- The death of Christ as expiation and sacrifice -- The death of Christ in the theological reflections of Saint Paul -- Letter to the Hebrews: Christ's death as sacrifice --
VII. Main interpretations of Christ's death in theological tradition: validities and invalidities -- What in Jesus Christ is properly redemptive: the beginning (the incarnation) or the end (the cross)? -- Inadequacies of these images of redemption --
First model: expiatory sacrifice for the sins of His people -- Second model: redemption as ransom - "Crushed for our iniquities" -- Third model: vicarious satisfaction - "By His bruises we are healed" -- Jesus Christ: liberator in solidarity will all humankind --
VIII. Cross and death in theology today -- Still an open question -- Theologies of the cross today -- Convergences and divergences in the various positions -- The cross as the death of all systems --
IX. Suffering born of the struggle against suffering -- Mysterium et Passio Liberationis -- What makes suffering worthy? -- Mystery of the passion of the world --
X. How to preach the cross of Jesus Christ today -- XI. Conclusion-the cross: mystery and mysticism --
Bibliographic references -- Scripture
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JESUS CHRIST--CRUCIFIXION PASSION NARRATIVES (GOSPELS)--CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. ATONEMENT