JETS 60:1 (March 2017) p. 127 this history here because I did so at length rather recently.6 It is sufficient here simply to summarize two of the most recent contributions to NT lament studies. First, I summarize Eklund’s Jesus Wept, because she is the first researcher to articulate an entire summary/theology of NT lament and because I situate my conclusion below within her insightful arguments. Eklund demonstrates that Jesus prayed, embodied, and represents God’s answer to the OT lament. This answer,
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