Synopses & Reviews
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...
Table of Contents
Crucifixion and why Jesus was sentenced to it -- How Jesus' death came to be seen as sacrificial and redemptive -- Patristic attribution of Jesus' death to the Jews -- Theories of expiation and satisfaction: from Tertullian to Anselm and beyond -- The popular passion piety of the Catholic west -- Modern soteriological thinking: cross, creation, and universal redemption -- Piety centered on Jesus' sufferings -- A variety of responses to a crucified redeemer.