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The crucifixion of Jesus : history, myth, faith / Gerard S. Sloyan.
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Sloyan, Gerard S., 1919-
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English
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Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©1995.
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x, 228 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
BT453 .S635 1995
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Satisfaction for sin
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Crosses
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Cult
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Jesus Christ
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Crucifixion
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Jesus Christ
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Passion
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Role of Jews
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Summary note
What was crucifixion? Why was Jesus of Nazareth executed and what really happened? Gerard Sloyan begins with history and traces the development of the New Testament accounts of Jesus' death. He shows how Jesus' death came to be seen as sacrificial and how the evolving understandings of Jesus' death affected those who suffered most from it - the Jews. He then traces the emergence and development - in theology, liturgy, literature, art - of the conviction that Jesus' death was redemptive, as seen both in soteriological theory from Tertullian to Anselm, in the Reformation and modern eras, and in more popular religious responses to the crucifixion. Especially fascinating is the story of the emergence of a distinct "Passion piety" that still characterizes the West. In all this Sloyan detects the separation of the cross from Jesus' life and resurrection, allowing the mythicizing of an event too large for mere words to handle: the mystery of the cross
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Crucifixion and why Jesus was sentenced to it
How Jesus' death came to be seen as sacrificial and redemptive
Patristic attribution of Jesus' death to the Jews
Theories of expiation and satisfaction: from Tertullian to Anselm and beyond
The popular passion piety of the Catholic west
Modern soteriological thinking: cross, creation, and universal redemption
Piety centered on Jesus' sufferings
A variety of responses to a crucified redeemer.
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ISBN
0800628861 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780800628864 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0800629302
9780800629304
LCCN
95002480
OCLC
32050803
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