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Sacrifice and Atonement : Psychological Motives and Biblical Patterns /

Beneath the commonplace affirmation that Jesus "paid for our sins" lie depths of implication: did God demand a blood sacrifice to assuage divine anger? Is sacrifice (consciously or unconsciously) intended to induce the deity to show favor? What underlies the various metaphors for atonement...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finlan, Stephen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Atonement as purification
  • 2. Atonement as compensation or reciprocity
  • 3. Attachment, cruelty, and coping
  • 4. Rescue and disgust in Paul
  • 5. Answers to atonement
  • 6. Fear and loathing in the Epistle to the Hebrews
  • 7. Atonement played out
  • Conclusion.