The Apostolic Preaching of the CrossThe Apostolic Preaching of the Cross, a work that can now be placed among the modern classics of biblical scholarship, delves into the minds of the apostles when they used such words as "redeem," "covenant," "propitiate," "reconcile," and "justify" -- concepts that remain cental to the Christian faith today. Respected scholar Leon Morris studies these themes against the background of the relevant Old Testament passages, takes into account the light shed on the meanings of these words in the everyday language of New Testament times by recent manuscript discoveries, and compares apostolic terminology to that used in the writings of rabbinical Judaism. The result of Morris's careful background research is a lucid and rewarding study of the source of Christian theology -- the death of Christ and the interpretation of its significance by the early church. - Back cover. |
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A. C. Headlam Abraham accepted anger atonement Bible biblical blood Büchsel C. H. Dodd Christ Christian cited conception connection context covenant curse death of Christ deliverance denote divine wrath Dodd enmity Epistle evil example expiation expression fact faith forensic forgiveness give God's Gospel Greek hath Hebrew holy idea indicate interpretation Israel Jesus Jewish Judaism judgment justification kappōreth kipper kōpher lamb Lamb of God Leviticus London Lord man's meaning mercy mind nephesh noun occurs offering Old Testament P. T. Forsyth passages Passover Paul Paul's payment peace propitiation propitiatory reconciliation redeem redemption reference regarded righteousness Romans Ryder Smith S. R. Driver sacrifice salvation says Scripture seems sense signifies sinners sins speaks sprinkling substitution substitutionary term thing thou thought translation TWNT understood unto usage verb verse word word-group wrath of God writers Yahweh