ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the Christology of Frans Jozef van Beeck, who has developed a kerygmatic Christology guided by a narrative theology. It recognizes the import of a theological analysis of the life of Jesus which culminates in his death on Calvary, to pave the way for an analysis of Jesus cry of abandonment on the cross. The chapter concerns an interpretation of Jesus cry of abandonment on the cross. It illustrates how a literary interpretation of the Gospels and an understanding of person as relation, can work together to shed light on the Gospel story. The chapter discusses the divine self-emptying with the intention of showing inadequacy of the notion of 'surrendered attributes' and how the affirmation of fundamentally relational character of Jesus identity accords well with a Barthian or Rahnerian divine ontology. The episode in garden of Gethsemane is to be regarded as 'the inner point at which Jesus' intention begins to mark his identity.
