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The Day the Revolution Began: Rethinking the Meaning of Jesus' Crucifixion
Tom Wright
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Description for The Day the Revolution Began: Rethinking the Meaning of Jesus' Crucifixion
Hardcover. An incisive, in-depth investigation into the meaning and purpose Jesus's death by one of the world's leading biblical theologians. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 42. Weight in Grams: 816.
'How can the death of one man two thousand years ago have any relevance for me today? Why did Jesus have to die? The greater the claim, the sharper the question...Why should this one be different? What possible sense can we make of the idea of someone dying for someone else, let alone dying 'for their sins'? How on earth can the violent death of an apparently innocent man be understood as a victory over 'the rulers and authorities'? And - perhaps the greatest and most challenging question of all - in what sense can this terrible event we seen, ... Read more
'How can the death of one man two thousand years ago have any relevance for me today? Why did Jesus have to die? The greater the claim, the sharper the question...Why should this one be different? What possible sense can we make of the idea of someone dying for someone else, let alone dying 'for their sins'? How on earth can the violent death of an apparently innocent man be understood as a victory over 'the rulers and authorities'? And - perhaps the greatest and most challenging question of all - in what sense can this terrible event we seen, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
815g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281061457
SKU
V9780281061457
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About Tom Wright
Tom (N. T.) Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews.
Reviews for The Day the Revolution Began: Rethinking the Meaning of Jesus' Crucifixion
Tom Wright is, as always, brilliant at distilling immense scholarship into vivid, clear and accessible form.;Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge