The Use of Sacrificial Ideas in Greek Christian Writers from the New Testament to John Chrysostom

by Frances M. Young

The subject of Christ's sacrifice on the Cross has mainly been treated in the context of general discussions of Atonement theory. This is inevitable, but when it occurs, his sacrifice tends to be confused with theories of substitution, satisfaction, and propitiation, in which case its nature is understood according to 'a priori' assumptions concerning the proper rationale of sacrifice. The result of this situation is that, according to their own convictions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159244928X
• ISBN13: 9781592449286
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"