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A world-renowned New Testament scholar offers an exegetical and historical defense of the classical substitutionary view of the atonement.

Table of Contents
Introduction
 The Importance of Substitution
Defining Substitution: Christ in Our Place
Criticisms of Substitution
1. Exegetical Challenges to Substitution
 The Tübingen Understanding of Representative "Place-Taking"
Interchange in Christ
Apocalyptic Deliverance
The Omission or Downplaying of "Sins"
Conclusion
2. "Christ Died for Our Sins according to the Scriptures" (1 Cor. 15:3)
 The Importance of 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
"According to the Scriptures"
Substitution in 1 Corinthians 15:3
Conclusion
Excursus: An Objection--Why, Then, Do Christians Still Die?
3. The Vicarious Death of Christ and Classical Parallels (Rom. 5:6-8)
 The Translation of Romans 5:6-8
A Sketch of the Exegesis
Vicarious Deaths in Classical Tradition
The Comparison in Romans 5:6-8
Conclusion
Conclusion
Indexes

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      Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
      Publication Date: 19/05/2015
      ISBN13: 9780801049774, 978-0801049774
      ISBN10: 0801049776
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A world-renowned New Testament scholar offers an exegetical and historical defense of the classical substitutionary view of the atonement.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
       The Importance of Substitution
      Defining Substitution: Christ in Our Place
      Criticisms of Substitution
      1. Exegetical Challenges to Substitution
       The Tübingen Understanding of Representative "Place-Taking"
      Interchange in Christ
      Apocalyptic Deliverance
      The Omission or Downplaying of "Sins"
      Conclusion
      2. "Christ Died for Our Sins according to the Scriptures" (1 Cor. 15:3)
       The Importance of 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
      "According to the Scriptures"
      Substitution in 1 Corinthians 15:3
      Conclusion
      Excursus: An Objection--Why, Then, Do Christians Still Die?
      3. The Vicarious Death of Christ and Classical Parallels (Rom. 5:6-8)
       The Translation of Romans 5:6-8
      A Sketch of the Exegesis
      Vicarious Deaths in Classical Tradition
      The Comparison in Romans 5:6-8
      Conclusion
      Conclusion
      Indexes

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