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The death of the messiah and the birth of the new covenant : the (not-so) new model of the atonement /
In this groundbreaking book, Michael Gorman asks why there is no theory or model of the atonement called the ""new-covenant"" model, since this understanding of the atonement is likely the earliest in the Christian tradition, going back to Jesus himself. Gorman argues that most m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
James Clarke,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this groundbreaking book, Michael Gorman asks why there is no theory or model of the atonement called the ""new-covenant"" model, since this understanding of the atonement is likely the earliest in the Christian tradition, going back to Jesus himself. Gorman argues that most models of the atonement over-emphasize the penultimate purposes of Jesus' death and the ""mechanics"" of the atonement, rather than its ultimate purpose: to create a transformed, Spirit-filled people of God. The New Testament's various atonement metaphors are part of a remarkably coherent picture of Jesus' death as that |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780227903766 0227903765 0227174917 9780227174913 |