Atonement and the New Perspective : The God of Israel, Covenant, and the Cros...

by Stephen Burnhope

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Atonement and the New Perspective : The God of Israel, Covenant, and the Cross, Paperback by Burnhope, Stephen, ISBN 1532646461, ISBN-13 9781532646461, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 Christ's 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 God's 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, however--particularly the "new perspective on Paul"--has 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, Is

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781532646461
• Condition: Fine

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