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The Atonement: The Origins of the Doctrine in the New Testament (Paperback)
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The Atonement: The Origins of the Doctrine in the New Testament (Paperback)
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In recent years it has been increasingly suggested in some quarters
that the doctrine of the atoning death of Christ did not come into
being in the earliest stages of Christianity; the first
interpretation of Jesus is said to have been the image of him as
the eschatological prophet, or the innocent man suffering wrongly.
Against such views which might seem to devalue the doctrine of the
atonement, Professor Hengel argues forcefully and with great
scholarship that the doctrine of the atonement can be traced back
to the earliest church, indeed to the sayings of Jesus himself. The
second part of the book is devoted to this quest, moving back from
the letters of Paul, through the pre-Pauline tradition, to Jesus.
It is fascinating in itself. However, what gives the book even
greater appeal is its first part, in which Professor Hengel
examines a wider area of classical antiquity. Would it have made
sense to Greeks and Romans of the first-century to say that Jesus
had died for them? Were there points of contact in their
traditions? Surveying Greek and Latin literature, Professor Hengel
shows just how widespread a theme 'dying for' actually was, from
Homer, through the Greek tragedians and orators, to Plutarch, Livy
and Caesar. Once again, he sheds new light on areas which might be
thought to have been long since worked to death.
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