The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew

by Donald P. Senior

Book Overview

The Word of the cross is a living word, crying out for reinterpretation as life takes new shape and expression. Reinterpreting the Gospel was particularly compelling for Matthew's church because his Christians lived in a time of profound transition. The Passion of Jesus, then, was not simply a story of suffering out of the past but a point of identification for the Christians of Matthew's own time.

For us twentieth-century Christians, who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814654606
• ISBN13: 9780814654606
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"