{"product_id":"defending-substitution-an-essay-on-atonement-in-paul-paperback-1","title":"Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Gathercole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCraig Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLee McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, the church and academy have witnessed intense debates concerning the concept of penal substitution to describe Christ's atoning sacrifice. Some claim it promotes violence, glorifies suffering and death, and amounts to divine child abuse. Others argue it plays a pivotal role in classical Christian doctrine. Here world-renowned New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole offers an exegetical and historical defense of the traditional substitutionary view of the atonement. He provides critical analyses of various interpretations of the atonement and places New Testament teaching in its Old Testament and Greco-Roman contexts, demonstrating that the interpretation of atonement in the Pauline corpus must include substitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefending Substitution\u003c\/i\u003e is part of the Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology series. Series editors are Craig A. Evans and Lee Martin McDonald. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The meaning of Jesus's death remains controversial. In this short exploratory study Simon Gathercole draws on a range of classical as well as biblical sources to argue that for Paul, at least, the notion of substitution remained central. Many questions remain, but this book will give new energy to the ongoing discussion.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eN. T. Wright\u003c\/b\u003e, University of St. Andrews \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Why is Good Friday good? According to one classic answer to this question, Jesus's shameful and violent death belongs to the good news of the gospel because he died \u003ci\u003ein our place\u003c\/i\u003e. By careful and lucid analysis of key passages, Simon Gathercole shows that this view has deep roots both in Paul's texts and in his Jewish and Greco-Roman cultural heritage. Often criticized and caricatured, the concept of substitution is integral to the New Testament's conviction that Christ died 'for us' and 'for our sins.'\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eFrancis Watson\u003c\/b\u003e, Durham University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this little book, Simon Gathercole carefully and convincingly dismisses false dichotomies. The death of Christ is presented in the Bible as both representative \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e substitutionary. These learned and lucid lectures use the prism of modern disputes to take us to the heart of Pauline teaching on the cross. I highly commend it.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMark Dever\u003c\/b\u003e, pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Can Christ's work of atonement be \u003ci\u003esubstitutionary\u003c\/i\u003e in nature? Though Reformation Protestantism has replied in the affirmative, much recent scholarship has tended to have a negative view of this atonement motif. Simon Gathercole is to be congratulated for intervening in this debate with a short, clear, and lively book that argues the case for a substitutionary motif from a biblical perspective, and with an eye to both the Christian tradition and recent debates in the literature. This is a work all those interested in the atonement will want to read and engage. It is certainly a book I shall be recommending to my students.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eOliver D. Crisp\u003c\/b\u003e, Fuller Theological Seminary\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Gathercole\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, University of Durham) is senior lecturer in New Testament studies in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge and Fellow and director of studies in theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England. A leading British New Testament scholar, he has written several groundbreaking books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.34 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42592397197408,"sku":"9780801049774","price":32.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/MmJtbTBIVFlZcnhUbEhMN21mNnVsdz09.webp?v=1771441058","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/defending-substitution-an-essay-on-atonement-in-paul-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}