New Perspectives on Jesus’s Death, Resurrection, and Ascension
DAVID M. MOFFITT
Foreword by N. T. Wright
Published by Baker Academic
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Moffitt, David M., author.
Title: Rethinking the atonement : new perspectives on Jesus’s death, resurrection, and ascension / David M. Moffitt ; foreword by N. T. Wright.
Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022018532 | ISBN 9781540966230 (paperback) | ISBN 9781540966452 (casebound) | ISBN 9781493440955 (ebook) | ISBN 9781493440962 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Atonement. | Jesus Christ—Crucifixion. | Jesus Christ—Resurrection. | Jesus Christ—Ascension. | Bible—Theology.
Classification: LCC BT265.3 .M64 2022 | DDC 232/.3—dc23/eng/20220808
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022018532
Chapter 2 was originally published in a similar form as “Modelled on Moses: Jesus’ Death, Passover, and the Defeat of the Devil in the Epistle to the Hebrews.” In Mosebilder: Gedanken zur Rezeption einer literarischen Figur im Frühjudentum, frühen Christentum und der römisch-hellenistischen Literatur, ed. Michael Sommer et al., 279–97. WUNT 1/390. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017. Used by permission.
Chapter 3 was originally published in a similar form as “Wilderness Identity and Pentateuchal Narrative: Distinguishing between Jesus’ Inauguration and Maintenance of the New Covenant in Hebrews.” In Muted Voices of the New Testament: Readings in the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews, ed. Katherine M. Hockey, Madison N. Pierce, and Francis Watson, 153–71. LNTS 565. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017. Used by permission.
Chapter 5 was originally published in a similar form as “ ‘If Another Priest Arises’: Jesus’ Resurrection and the High Priestly Christology of Hebrews.” In A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in Its Ancient Contexts, ed. Richard Bauckham et al., 68–79. LNTS 387. London: T&T Clark, 2008. Used by permission.
Chapter 6 was originally published in a similar form as “Blood, Life, and Atonement: Reassessing Hebrews’ Christological Appropriation of Yom Kippur.” In The Day of Atonement: Its Interpretations in Early Jewish and Christian Traditions, ed. Thomas Hieke and Tobias Nicklas, 211–24. Themes in Biblical Narrative Series 15. Leiden: Brill, 2012. Used by permission.
Chapter 7 was originally published in a similar form as “Weak and Useless? Purity, the Mosaic Law, and Perfection in Hebrews.” In Law ...
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About Rethinking the Atonement: New Perspectives on Jesus’s Death, Resurrection, and AscensionTraditional views on the atonement tend to be reductive, focusing solely on Jesus’s death on the cross. In his 2011 groundbreaking book Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews, David Moffitt challenged that paradigm, showing how the atonement is a fuller process. It involves not only Jesus’s death but also his resurrection, ascension, offering, and exaltation. In the succeeding years, Moffitt has continued to expand and clarify his thinking on this issue. This book offers a more fulsome articulation of his work on the atonement that reflects his recent thinking on the topic. Moffitt continues to challenge reductive views of the atonement, primarily from the book of Hebrews, but he engages other New Testament passages as well. He offers fresh insights on sacrifice and atonement, the importance of resurrection and ascension, Jesus’s role as priest, and a new perspective on Hebrews. This important book brings Moffitt’s award-winning and influential scholarship to a broader audience. The book includes a foreword by N. T. Wright. |
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