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Defending Substitution – An Essay on Atonement in Paul
Simon Gathercole
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Description for Defending Substitution – An Essay on Atonement in Paul
Paperback. Editor(s): Evans, Craig; McDonald, Lee. Series: Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
In recent decades, the church and academy have witnessed intense debates concerning the concept of penal substitution to describe Christ's atoning sacrifice. Some claim it promotes violence, glorifies suffering and death, and amounts to divine child abuse. Others argue it plays a pivotal role in classical Christian doctrine. Here world-renowned New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole offers an exegetical and historical defense of the traditional substitutionary view of the atonement. He provides critical analyses of various interpretations of the atonement and places New Testament teaching in its Old Testament and Greco-Roman contexts, demonstrating that the interpretation of atonement in the Pauline ... Read more
In recent decades, the church and academy have witnessed intense debates concerning the concept of penal substitution to describe Christ's atoning sacrifice. Some claim it promotes violence, glorifies suffering and death, and amounts to divine child abuse. Others argue it plays a pivotal role in classical Christian doctrine. Here world-renowned New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole offers an exegetical and historical defense of the traditional substitutionary view of the atonement. He provides critical analyses of various interpretations of the atonement and places New Testament teaching in its Old Testament and Greco-Roman contexts, demonstrating that the interpretation of atonement in the Pauline ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Ada, MI, United States
ISBN
9780801049774
SKU
V9780801049774
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About Simon Gathercole
Simon Gathercole (PhD, University of Durham) is senior lecturer in New Testament studies in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge and Fellow and director of studies in theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England. A leading British New Testament scholar, he has written several groundbreaking books.
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