The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant: A (Not So) New Model of the Atonement - Softcover

Gorman, Michael J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620326558 ISBN 13: 9781620326558

Verlag: Cascade Books, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

In this groundbreaking book, Michael Gorman asks why there is no theory or model of the atonement called the "new-covenant" model, since this understanding of the atonement is likely the earliest in the Christian tradition, going back to Jesus himself. Gorman argues that most models of the atonement over-emphasize the penultimate purposes of Jesus' death and the "mechanics" of the atonement, rather than its ultimate purpose: to create a transformed, Spirit-filled people of God. The New Testament's various atonement metaphors are part of a remarkably coherent picture of Jesus' death as that which brings about the new covenant (and thus the new community) promised by the prophets, which is also the covenant of peace. Gorman therefore proposes a new model of the atonement that is really not new at all-the new-covenant model. He argues that this is not merely an ancient model in need of rediscovery, but also a more comprehensive, integrated, participatory, communal, and missional model than any of the major models in the tradition. Life in this new covenant, Gorman argues, is a life of communal and individual participation in Jesus' faithful, loving, peacemaking death. Written for both academics and church leaders, this book will challenge all who read it to re-think and re-articulate the meaning of Christ's death for us.

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Michael J. Gorman is Dean of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology and Professor of New Testament and Early Church History at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland. Ann Loar Brooks is an educator and writer with a master's degree from the Ecumenical Institute of Theology.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cascade Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1620326558
• ISBN 13: 9781620326558
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
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