The crucifixion : understanding the death of Jesus Christ

The crucifixion : understanding the death of Jesus Christ /

Few treatments of the death of Jesus Christ have made a point of accounting for the gruesome, degrading, public manner of his death by crucifixion, a mode of execution so loathsome that the ancient Romans never spoke of it in polite society. Rutledge probes all the various themes and motifs used by...

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Main Author: Rutledge, Fleming (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2015
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Crucifixion.
Atonement.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Crucifixion :
  • 1. The primacy of the cross
  • 2. The godlessness of the cross
  • 3. The question of justice
  • Bridge chapter: Anselm reconsidered for our time
  • 4. The gravity of sin
  • Part II. The Biblical Motifs :
  • Introduction to part 2: Motifs of the crucifixion
  • 5. The Passover and the Exodus
  • 6. The blood sacrifice
  • 7. Ransom and redemption
  • 8. The great assize
  • 9. The apocalyptic war: Christus Victor
  • 10. The descent into hell
  • 11. The substitution
  • 12. Recapitulation
  • Conclusion: Condemned into redemption: the rectification of the ungodly.

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