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Book or monograph Dale C. Allison, The End of the Ages Has Come: Early Interpretation of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. Studies in the New Testament & Its World. Edinburgh: Continuum International Publishing Group - T & T Clark, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 0567094472. pp.208.
Article in Journal or Book Michael Bird, "The Crucifixion of Jesus as a Fulfillment of Mark 9:1," Trinity Journal 24.1 (2003): 23-36.
On-line Resource The Cross of Christ (Robert I. Bradshaw)View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Gerald Bray, "The Crucifixion," Evangel 2:2 (1984): 7-8. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Mary Brodrick [1858-1933], The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ of NazarethMary Brodrick [1858-1933], The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. London: John Murray,1908. Hbk. pp.196. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph Brown: Death of the Messiah, Vol. 1.Raymond Brown, Death of the Messiah: Vol. 1. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc., 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 0385494483. pp.928.
Book or monograph Brown: Death of the Messiah, Vol. 2.Raymond Brown, Death of the Messiah: Vol. 2. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc., 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 0385494491. pp.752.
Article in Journal or Book F.F. Bruce, "St. John's Passion Narrative," The Witness 101-102) January 1971 - December 1972).
On-line Resource A.B. Caneday, "Christ’s Baptism and Crucifixion: The Anointing and Enthronement of God’s Son," Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 8.3 (Autumn 2004): 70-85.
Book or monograph The Death of Jesus in Early ChristianityJohn T. Carroll & Joel B. Green with Robert E. Van Voorst, Joel Marcus & Donald Senior, C.P., The Death of Jesus in Early Christianity. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson. Hbk. ISBN: 156563151X.
On-line Resource Mark L.Y. Chan, "The Gospel and the Achievement of the Cross," Evangelical Review of Theology 33.1 (Jan. 2009): 19-31. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the editor]
On-line Resource William F. Cook, III, "The Passion of the Christ according to the Gospel of Mark," Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 8.3 (Autumn 2004): 86-100.
Book or monograph Cousar: A Theology of the CrossCharles B. Cousar, A Theology of the Cross: The Death of Jesus in the Pauline Letters Overtures to Biblical Theology, 24. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1990. Pbk. ISBN: 0800615581. pp.194.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly John D. Crossan, The Cross That SpokeJohn D. Crossan, The Cross That Spoke: The Origins of the Passion Narrative. Polebridge Press Westar Institute, 1988. Hbk. ISBN: 0944344259. pp.452. Reprinted: Eugene, OR: Wpif & Stock, 2008. ISBN: .9781725221819. pp.454. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly John D. Crossan, Who Killed Jesus?John D. Crossan, Who Killed Jesus?: Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus. Harpercollins, 2009. ISBN: 9780061978364. pp.256. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource James Denney [1856-1917], The Death of Christ. Its Place and Interpretation in the New Testament, 4th edn. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. Hbk. pp.334. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource James D.G. Dunn, "Paul's Understanding of the Death of Jesus," Robert Banks, ed., Reconciliation and Hope. New Testament Essays on Atonement and Eschatology Presented to L.L. Morris on his 60th Birthday. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1974. pp.125-141.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Craig A. Evans, "The Passion of Jesus: History Remembered or Prophecy Historicized?" Bulletin for Biblical Research 6 (1996): 159-165.
On-line Resource Don E. Green, "The Folly of the Cross," The Master's Seminary Journal 15.1 (Spring 2004): 59-69.View in PDF format pdf
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Recovering the Scandal of the CrossJoel B. Green & Mark D. Baker, Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament & Contemporary Contexts. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011. ISBN: 9780830869091. pp.220. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph Colin E. Gunton, The Actuality of Atonement. Edinburgh: Continuum International Publishing Group - T & T Clark, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0567292207. pp.236.
Article in Journal or Book Ernst Haenchen, "History and Interpretation of the Johannine Passion Narrative," Interpretation 24 (1970): 198-219.
Article in Journal or Book John Hamilton, "The Chronology of the Crucifixion and the Passover," Churchman 106 (1992): 323-338.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Martin Hengel, CrucifixionMartin Hengel, Crucifixion In The Ancient World And The Folly Of The Message Of The Cross. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1977. ISBN: 9781451414196. pp.112. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Martin Hengel, The AtonementMartin Hengel, The Atonement: The Origins of the Doctrine in the New Testament. Fortress Press, 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0800614461. Reprinted: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007. ISBN: 9781725218581. pp132. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph Martin Hengel, Cross of the Son of God. London: SCM Press Ltd., 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 033401963X. pp.336.
Article in Journal or Book Jason B. Hood, "The Cross in the New Testament: Two Theses in Conversation with Recent Literature," Westminster Theological Journal 71.2 (Fall 2009): 281-295.
Book or monograph Morna D. Hooker, Not Ashamed of the Gospel: New Testament Interpretations of the Death of Christ Didsbury Lectures. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0802808875. pp.141.
On-line Resource Colin J. Humphreys & W.G. Waddington, "The Jewish Calendar, a Lunar Eclipse and the Date of Christ's Crucifixion," Tyndale Bulletin 43.2 (1992): 331-351. View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Larry W. Hurtado, "Jesus death as paradigmatic in the New Testament," Scottish Journal of Theology 57 (2004): 413-
Article in Journal or Book S. Lewis Johnson, Jr., "The Death of Christ," Bibliotheca Sacra 125: 497 (1968): 10-19.
Book or monograph Erich H. Kiehl, The Passion of Our Lord. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 1592441327. pp.224.
On-line Resource J. Bergman Kline, "The Day of the Lord in the Death and Resurrection of Christ," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 48.4 (Dec. 2005): 757-770.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Judith L. Kovacs, "'Now Shall the Ruler of this World Be Driven Out': Jesus' Death as Cosmic Battle in JOhn 12:20-36," Journal of Biblical Literature 114 (1995): 227-247.
On-line Resource Ernst von Lasaulx, "The Expiatory Sacrifices of the Greeks and Romans, and Their Relation to the One Sacrifice Upon Golgotha," Bibliotheca Sacra 1 No. 2 (1844): 368-408.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Article in Journal or Book G.M. Lee, "The Inscription of the Cross," Palestine Exploration Quarterly 100 (1968): 144.
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Henry Innes MacAdam, "Gethsemane, Gabbatha, Golgotha: The Arrest, Trials and Execution of Jesus of Nazareth," Irish Biblical Studies 17.4 (1995): 146-175.

Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly J. McLeod Campbell, The Nature of the Atonement.J. McLeod Campbell, The Nature of the Atonement. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. Pbk. ISBN: 0802842399. pp.304. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph H.D. McDonald, The New Testament Concept of Atonement: The Gospel of the Calvary Event. Lutterworth Press, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0718828887. pp.144.
Book or monograph Alister E. McGrath, What Was God Doing on the Cross? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0310594510.
Article in Journal or Book Scot McKnight, "Jesus and His Death: Some Recent Scholarship," Currents in Research: Biblical Studies 9 (2001): 185-228.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly McKnight: Jesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement TheoryScot McKnight, Jesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement Theory. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 1932792295. pp.590. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource William Russell Maltby [1861-1951William Russell Maltby [1861-1951], Christ and His Cross.], Christ and His Cross.William Russell Maltby [1861-1951], Christ and His Cross. The Cato Lecture. Delivered at the Australasian Conference, 1935. London: The Epworth Press, 1938. Hbk. pp.168. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Hamilton Moore, "The Concept of Propitiation in our Understanding of the  Death of Christ," Semãnãtorul (The Sower) 4.2 (Oct. 2024): 66-83. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the editor]
Book or monograph Morris: The Cross of JesusLeon Morris, The Cross of Jesus. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 080280344X.
On-line Resource Grant R. Osborne, "Redactional Trajectories in the Crucifixion Narrative," The Evangelical Quarterly 51.2 (1979): 80-96. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Richard A. Pruitt, "The Meaning of the Cross in Mark," Evangelical Review of Theology 34.4 (Oct. 2010): 358-369. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the editor]
On-line Resource W. Stanford Reid, "The Death of Christ: Historical and Contemporaneous," Evangelical Quarterly 45.2 (Apr.-June 1973): 69-80.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holder]
On-line Resource Mostyn Roberts, "What did Christ Accomplish on the Cross?" Foundations 56 (November 2006): 31-42.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Dominic Rudman, "The Crucifixion as Chaoskampf: A New Reading of the Passion Narrative in the Synoptic Gospels," Biblica 84 (2003): 102-107.
Article in Journal or Book Maurits Sabbe, "The Johannine Account of the Death of Jesus and Its Synoptic Parallels (Jn 19,16b-42)," Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 70 (1994): 34-64.
On-line Resource Karl Olav Sandnes, "The Death of Jesus for Human Sins: the Historical Basis for a Theologkal Concept," Themelios 20.1 (1994): 20-23.
Article in Journal or Book Thomas E. Schmidt, "Cry of Dereliction or Cry of Judgment? Mark 15:34 in Context," Bulletin for Biblical Research 4 (1994): 145-153.
On-line Resource David Searle, "The Cross of Christ. 1. Why Did Christ Die? Romans 3:9-20. 2. The Righteousness of God. Romans 3:21-22," European Journal of Theology 8.1 (1999): 3-22.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource David Searle, "The Cross of Christ. 3. Justified and Redeemed. Romans 3:24," European Journal of Theology 8.2 (1999): 115-132.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Book or monograph Donald Senior, The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of John. The Passion Series. Gracewing, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0852442106. pp.176.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly The Cross of ChristJohn R.W. Stott & D. Stone, The Cross of Christ (with Study Guide). Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0851106749. pp.416. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]. A superb treatment of the subject.
On-line Resource Daniel Strange, "The Many-Splendoured Cross: Atonement, Controvery and Victory," Foundations 54 (Autumn 2005): 5-22.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book James P. Sweeney, "The Death of Jesus in Contemporary Life-of-Jesus Research," Trinity Journal 24.2 ns (Fall 2003): 221-241.
Article in Journal or Book Joan E. Taylor, "Golgotha: A Reconsideration of the Evidence for the SItes of Jesus' Crucifixion and Burial," New Testament Studies 44 (1998): 180-203.
Article in Journal or Book Graham Tomlin, "The Theology of the Cross: Subversive Theology for a Postmodern World," Themelios 23:1 (October 1997): 59-73.
On-line Resource L. Paul Trudinger, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani: a cry of dereliction or victory?" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 17.4 (Fall 1974): 235-238.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book R.E.O. White, "That "Cry of Dereliction"...?" Expository Times 113.6 (2002): 188-189.
Article in Journal or Book John Wilkinson, "The Seven Words from the Cross," Scottish Journal of Theology 17 (1964): 69-
On-line Resource John Wilkinson, "Physical Healing and the Atonement," The Evangelical Quarterly 63.2 (Apr.-June 1991):149-167. View in PDF format pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Demetrius Williams, Enemies of the Cross of ChristDemetrius Williams, Enemies of the Cross of Christ. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002 .Hbk. ISBN: 9780567170620. pp.380. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book Joel F. Williams, "Is Mark's Gospel an Apology for the Cross?" Bulletin for Biblical Research 12.1 (2002): 97-122.
Article in Journal or Book The New Testament in Its First Century SettingP.J. Williams, "The Linguistic Background of Jesus' Dereliction Cry (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34)," P.J. Williams, Andrew D. Clarke, Peter M. Head & David Instone-Brewer, eds., The New Testament in Its First Century Setting. Essays on Context and Background in Honour of B.W. Winter on His 65th Birthday. Grand Rapids / Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2004. Hbk. ISBN: 0802828345. pp.1-12.
On-line Resource Ruben van Wingerden, "Carrying a Patibulum: A Reassessment of Non-Christian Latin Sources," New Testament Studies 66.3 (2020): 433–453.

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