Endurance in Suffering (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521593052)

Hebrews 12:1-13 portrays the suffering of its readers with two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy places this important passage in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. He argues that the idea of "training" unites the passage, which presents Jesus as the supreme athlete. It also supports a nonpunitive understanding of discipline, in which God's children undergo a positive process of education. These ideas combine to support a call in Hebrews to faithful endurance rather than repentance.

Author: N. Clayton Croy
ISBN-10: 0521593050
ISBN-13: 9780521593052
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/26/1998
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.69w x 0.78d