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Atonement And The New Perspective: The God Of Israel, Covenant, And The Cross
Pickwick Publications
ISBN13:
9781532646461
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Atonement has been described as the central doctrine of Christianity and yet, surprisingly, the church has never insisted on a particular understanding of how redemption in Christ was achieved. Instead, a miscellany of metaphors has been employed, each picturing something of Christs work. Recent debate within Reformed Evangelicalism has been characterized by claims for hegemony to be granted to penal substitution versus counter-arguments for a kaleidoscopic, multi-model understanding. Notably absent in these discussions, however, are two considerations. One is any common nexus to draw atonement thought together. The other is any positive theological contribution deriving from Gods preexisting relationship with Israel (the presumed role of which has rather been to provide a negative contrast of law-versus-grace and works-versus-faith, as the dark background against which the light of Christ may shine more brightly). Recent scholarship, howeverparticularly the new perspective on Paulhas comprehensively dismantled the old stereotypes concerning first-century Judaism. This book asks how differently we might think about the atonement once it is brought into conversation with the new scholarship. It concludes by proposing a new perspective on atonement in which Christ is central, Israel and Torah are affirmed, and the traditional metaphors continue to find their place.
- | Author: Stephen Burnhope
- | Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- | Publication Date: Aug 10, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 290 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Religion
- | ISBN-10: 1532646461
- | ISBN-13: 9781532646461
- Author:
- Stephen Burnhope
- Publisher:
- Pickwick Publications
- Publication Date:
- Aug 10, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 290 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Religion
- ISBN-10:
- 1532646461
- ISBN-13:
- 9781532646461