Atonement: Jewish and Christian Origins

Synopsis

A historical survey of atonement theology through ancient Jewish and Christian sources What is the historical basis for today’s atonement theology? Where did it come from, and how has it evolved throughout time?

In Atonement, a sterling collection of renowned biblical scholars investigates the early manifestations of this core concept in ancient Jewish and Christian sources. Rather than imposing a particular view of atonement upon these texts, these specialists let the texts speak for themselves so that the reader can truly understand atonement as it was variously conceived in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Pseudepigrapha, the New Testament, and early Christian literature. The resulting diverse ideas mirror the manifold perspectives on atonement today. Contributors to this volume—Christian A. Eberhart, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Martha Himmelfarb, T. J. Lang, Carol A. Newsom, Deborah W. Rooke, Catrin H. Williams, David P. Wright, and N. T. Wright—attend to the linguistic elements at work in these ancient writings without limiting their scope to explicit mentions of atonement. Instead, they explore atonement as a broader phenomenon that negotiates a constellation of features—sin, sacrifice, and salvation—to capture a more accurate and holistic picture. Atonement will serve as an indispensable resource for all future dialogue on these topics within Jewish and Christian circles.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781467459310

Related ISBNs:

9780802876683

Publisher:

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Date of Addition:

11/02/20

Copyrighted By:

Max Botner, Justin Harrison Duff, Simon Dürr

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Max Botner

Edited by:

Justin Harrison Duff

Edited by:

Simon Dürr