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For the Christian faith, questions relating to God can essentially be viewed as centred on the person of Jesus Christ. In The New Testament Concept of Atonement, H.D. McDonald uses this key insight to examine mankind's redemption, focussing on Christ's atoning act as crucial in shaping God's relation to humanity and the world.
McDonald analyses elements which hold vital meanings and messages for the Christian doctrine of salvation. In the first six chapters he investigates single terms within the New Testament, such as 'tree' or 'blood' whose metonymical association with Christ's redeeming act has often become obscured over time. Then, various biblical interpretations of the Calvary event are studied. In the final section, he analyses the importance of the findings in previous chapters and their implications for Christology. Detailed research underpins the text, in the tradition of Reformed biblical scholarship, with care taken to suggest further reading and trace sources.
McDonald analyses elements which hold vital meanings and messages for the Christian doctrine of salvation. In the first six chapters he investigates single terms within the New Testament, such as 'tree' or 'blood' whose metonymical association with Christ's redeeming act has often become obscured over time. Then, various biblical interpretations of the Calvary event are studied. In the final section, he analyses the importance of the findings in previous chapters and their implications for Christology. Detailed research underpins the text, in the tradition of Reformed biblical scholarship, with care taken to suggest further reading and trace sources.
Price: $120.00
Pages: 156
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Series: Foundations in New Testament Criticism
Publication Date:
27 April 2006
Trim Size: 5.98 X 8.98 in
ISBN: 9780227178300
Format: Hardcover
McDonald draws the reader back to the biblical concepts and understanding of the death of Christ thus avoiding the debates of today that have decided what God is like before listening to the apostles.
— Matthew D. Jensen, From the Foreword
— Matthew D. Jensen, From the Foreword
Foreword by Matthew D. Jensen
Explanatory Preface
Introduction: The Cruciality of the Cross
Note on the Outline
Chapter 1. The Cross
Chapter 2. The Tree
Chapter 3. The Cup
Chapter 4. The Death
Chapter 5. The Blood
Chapter 6. The Body
Chapter 7. A Lamb Slain
Chapter 8. As a Passover Celebrated
Chapter 9. As a Covenant Made
Chapter 10. A Sacrifice Rendered
Chapter 11. A Ransom Paid
Chapter 12. A Propitiation Offered
Chapter 13. A Reconciliation Effected
Chapter 14. Actual Realisation
Chapter 15. Christological Implications
Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Explanatory Preface
Introduction: The Cruciality of the Cross
Note on the Outline
Chapter 1. The Cross
Chapter 2. The Tree
Chapter 3. The Cup
Chapter 4. The Death
Chapter 5. The Blood
Chapter 6. The Body
Chapter 7. A Lamb Slain
Chapter 8. As a Passover Celebrated
Chapter 9. As a Covenant Made
Chapter 10. A Sacrifice Rendered
Chapter 11. A Ransom Paid
Chapter 12. A Propitiation Offered
Chapter 13. A Reconciliation Effected
Chapter 14. Actual Realisation
Chapter 15. Christological Implications
Bibliography
Index of Biblical References