Atonement: Jewish and Christian Origins

A historical survey of atonement theology through ancient Jewish and Christian sources 

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 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 H. 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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Atonement: Jewish and Christian Origins

A historical survey of atonement theology through ancient Jewish and Christian sources 

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 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 H. 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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A historical survey of atonement theology through ancient Jewish and Christian sources 

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 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 H. 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467459310
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 09/10/2020
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 261
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Max Botner is assistant professor of New Testament at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Justin Duff is a postdoctoral research fellow at St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
Simon Dürr is a research associate in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
 

Max Botner is associate professor of biblical studies at Jessup University. He also directs the Center for Bible Study, a nonprofit initiative to expand accessibility to biblical studies, and hosts the center’s On the Way podcast. His first book, Jesus Christ as the Son of David in the Gospel of Mark, won the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise. Botner is also the author of Beyond the Greek New Testament: Advanced Readings for Students of Biblical Studies and How Then Shall We Read? A Student’s Guide to Interpreting the New Testament.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction
Max Botner, Justin Duff, and Simon Dürr
Part One: 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 Two: 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

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