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The crucifixion : understanding the death of Jesus Christ /

Few treatments of the death of Jesus Christ have made a point of accounting for the gruesome, degrading, public manner of his death by crucifixion, a mode of execution so loathsome that the ancient Romans never spoke of it in polite society. Rutledge probes all the various themes and motifs used by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rutledge, Fleming (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Crucifixion.
Jesus Christ.
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Korsfästelsen.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I, The Crucifixion: The primacy of the Cross
  • The godlessness of the Cross
  • The question of justice
  • Anselm reconsidered for our time
  • The gravity of sin
  • Part II, The Biblical motifs: Motifs of the Crucifixion
  • The Passover and the Exodus
  • The blood sacrifice
  • Ransom and redemption
  • The Great Assize
  • The apocalyptic war: Christus Victor
  • The descent into hell
  • The substitution
  • Recapitulation
  • Conclusion: Condemned into redemption : the rectification of the ungodly.