Crucifixion: In the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross

Author:   John Bowden ,  Martin Hengel
Publisher:   Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780800612689


Pages:   112
Publication Date:   01 September 1977
Format:   Paperback
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Crucifixion: In the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross


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In a comprehensive and detailed survey on its remarkably widespread employment in the Roman empire, Dr. Hengel examines the way in which ""the most vile death of the cross"" was regarded in the Greek-speaking world and particularly in Roman-occupied Palestine. His conclusions bring out more starkly than ever the offensiveness of the Christian message: Jesus not only died an unspeakably cruel death, he underwent the most contemptible abasement that could be imagined. So repugnant was the gruesome reality, that a natural tendency prevails to blunt, remove, or deomesticate its scandalous impact. Yet any discussion of a ""theology of the cross"" must be preceded by adequate comprehension of both the nature and extent of this scandal.

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Author:   John Bowden ,  Martin Hengel
Publisher:   Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Imprint:   Augsburg Fortress
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780800612689


ISBN 10:   080061268
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   01 September 1977
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Adult education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Martin Hengel is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Tubingen, Germany. Among his many important books are Judaism and Hellenism (1974), Between Jesus and Paul (1983), Crucifixion (1977), The Atonement (1981), and Property and Riches in the Early Church (1974), all published by Fortress Press.

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