Global History and Geography
Subtitle: Readings and Documents
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Amsco School Pubns Inc
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780567656551
Subjects: Civilization; World - General; History; History: World
Description: "Lament does not seem to be a pervasive feature of the New Testament, particularly when viewed in relation to the Old Testament. A careful investigation of the New Testament, however, reveals that it thoroughly incorporates the pattern of Old Testament lament into its proclamation of the gospel, especially in the person of Jesus Christ as he both prays and embodies lament. -Provided by publisher"--Bloomsbury Publishing

Lament does not seem to be a pervasive feature of the New Testament, particularly when viewed in relation to the Old Testament. A careful investigation of the New Testament, however, reveals that it thoroughly incorporates the pattern of Old Testament lament into its proclamation of the gospel, especially in the person of Jesus Christ as he both prays and embodies lament. As an act that fundamentally calls upon God to be faithful to God's promises to Israel and to the church, lament in the New Testament becomes a prayer of longing for God's kingdom, which has been inaugurated in the ministry and resurrection of Jesus, fully to come