In this book Roy Harrisville examines the thought worlds of the New Testament writers, showing how the cross fractured their previously held ideas, causing a profound reorientation centered on the story of the cross. Focusing chronologically on Paul, the Synoptic writers, John, and the authors of Hebrews and 1 Peter, Harrisville demonstrates changes in the writers' understanding of sacrifice, law, Hellenism, apocalyptic, and other areas - changes that created the new values of the radically different Christian community.
An insightful work of careful critical scholarship, Harrisville's Fracture will appeal to anyone interested in reviewing the New Testament's witness to that which lies at the heart of earliest Christian confession and which has provoked such bitter conflict in history.
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 2 | The death of Jesus in Paul | 65 |
| 3 | The death of Jesus in Mark | 125 |
| 4 | The death of Jesus in Matthew | 147 |
| 5 | The death of Jesus in Luke | 175 |
| 6 | Synoptic confession of the crucified | 193 |
| 7 | The death of Jesus in John | 203 |
| 8 | The death of Jesus in Hebrews | 235 |
| 9 | The death of Jesus in the First Epistle of Peter | 251 |
| 10 | Conclusion | 271 |
Overview
In this book Roy Harrisville examines the thought worlds of the New Testament writers, showing how the cross fractured their previously held ideas, causing a profound reorientation centered on...