The Crucifixion of Jesus: History, Myth, Faith

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Fortress Press - 228 pàgines
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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Passatges populars

Pàgina 7 - Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death...
Pàgina 6 - About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who wrought surprising feats and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks.
Pàgina 9 - ... must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God's curse.

Sobre l'autor

Gerard S. Sloyan is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Temple University and currently Visiting Professor of Religion and Religious Education at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

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