According to the Scriptures: The Death of Christ in the Old Testament and the New (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781532681394)

""If all you know is the New Testament, you do not know the New Testament""--so the late New Testament scholar Martin Hengel is reputed to have said. According to the Scriptures considers the way the New Testament writers utilized the Jewish Scriptures in order to describe, articulate, and evaluate the death of Jesus, taking Hengel at his word. What Old Testament texts are quoted in the New Testament, how are they used, and what might such analysis mean for the (contemporary) reader? Focusing in particular on the passion narratives in the Synoptic Gospels, According to the Scriptures seeks to engage with these questions. It will provide a useful new framework for thinking about why the early Church understood Jesus' death in terms of the Scriptures, what difference that understanding made, and what relevance that might have for us as we seek to make sense of the death of Jesus.

Author: David Allen
ISBN-10: 1532681399
ISBN-13: 9781532681394
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2025
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d