Jesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement Theory

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Baylor University Press, 2005 - Religion - 451 pages
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Recent scholarship on the historical Jesus has rightly focused upon how Jesus understood his own mission. But no scholarly effort to understand the mission of Jesus can rest content without exploring the historical possibility that Jesus envisioned his own death. In this careful and far-reaching study, Scot McKnight contends that Jesus did in fact anticipate his own death, that Jesus understood his death as an atoning sacrifice, and that his death as an atoning sacrifice stood at the heart of Jesus' own mission to protect his own followers from the judgment of God.

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"Scot McKnight is fully aware that making claims about the historical Jesus is like entering a minefield. But he combines wide-ranging knowledge of and a willingness to interact with the extensive literature to build a careful, brick-by-brick argument. The sheer breadth of issues covered separates this work from what might otherwise have been its competitors. In ways reminiscent of Stephen Neil, McKnight also has written a book that is never dry or dull."
—Joel B. Green, professor of New Testament, Asbury Theological Seminary
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Contents

Part II The Reality of a Premature Death
103
Part III A Ransom for Many
157
Part IV Jesus and the Last Supper
241
Works Cited
375
Scripture Index
411
Author Index
439
Subject Index
449
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About the author (2005)

Scot McKnight (Ph.D. University of Nottingham) is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies, North Park University and author or editor of twelve books, including The Historical Jesus (2005), Turning to Jesus (2002), and Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (1992)

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TitleJesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement Theory
AuthorScot McKnight
PublisherBaylor University Press, 2005
ISBN1932792295, 9781932792294
Length451 pages
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