Cross vision how the crucifixion of Jesus makes sense of Old Testament violence
Introduction : something else must be going on -- part I. The problem and a looking-glass cross solution -- 1. The elephant -- 2. The unveiling -- 3. A cruciform through-line -- 4. Revolting beauty -- 5. Building on tradition -- part II. Biblical, historical, and ancient cultural support -- 6. The h...
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Fortress Press
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : something else must be going on -- part I. The problem and a looking-glass cross solution -- 1. The elephant -- 2. The unveiling -- 3. A cruciform through-line -- 4. Revolting beauty -- 5. Building on tradition -- part II. Biblical, historical, and ancient cultural support -- 6. The heavenly missionary -- 7. Rorschach God -- 8. Echoes of a pagan warrior -- part III. The true nature of God's judgment -- 9. Divine aikido -- 10. Self-punishing sin -- 11. Doing and allowing -- part IV. Seeing something else through the looking-glass cross -- 12. Cosmic war -- 13. Creation undone -- 14. Dragon-swallowing-dragon warfare -- 15. Misusing divine power -- 16. Commanding child sacrifice -- Postscript : four words of encouragement "The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace, it's a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century. Now, with the sensitivity of a pastor and the intellect of a theologian, Gregory A. Boyd proposes the "cruciform hermeneutic," a way to read the Old Testament portraits of God through the lens of Jesus' crucifixion. In Cross Vision, Boyd follows up on his epic and groundbreaking study, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God. He shows how the death and resurrection of Jesus reframes the troubling violence of the Old Testament, how all of Scripture reveals God's self-sacrificial love, and, most importantly, how we can follow Jesus' example of peace"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | xii, 280 Seiten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781506420738 978-1-5064-2073-8 1506420737 1-5064-2073-7 |