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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings Congresses Congrès |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Botner, Max. Atonement : Jewish and Christian Origins. Grand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, ©2020 |
| Material Type: | Conference publication, Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Max Botner; Justin Harrison Duff; Simon Dürr |
| ISBN: | 9781467459327 1467459321 9781467459310 1467459313 |
| OCLC Number: | 1195452135 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Contents: | Part 1. Critical Issues and the Development of Atonement Legislation in the Hebrew Bible : -- 1. Atonement / Christian A. Eberhart -- 2. Sin, sacrifice, but no salvation / Deborah W. Rooke -- 3. Atonement beyond Israel / David P. Wright -- Part 2. Anthropology, Cosmology, and Mediators in Early Jewish and Christian Atonement Theologies : -- 4. When the problem is not what you have done but who you are / Carol A. Newsom -- 5. The high priest in Ben Sira 50 / Crispin Fletcher-Louis -- 6. Get the story right and the models will fit / N. T. Wright -- 7. "Seeing," salvation, and the use of Scripture in the gospel of John / Catrin H. Williams -- 8. Sealed for redemption / T. J. Lang -- 9. What goes on in the heavenly temple? / Martha Himmelfarb. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Max Botner, Justin Harrison Duff & Simon Dürr. |
Abstract:
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 numerous 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 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.
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