The crucifixion of Jesus
history, myth, faith
by Sloyan, Gerard Stephen, Robert P Ericksen, and Susannah Heschel
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"What was crucifixion? Why was Jesus of Nazareth executed and what really happened? Gerard Sloyan begins with history and traces the development of the New Testament accounts of Jesus' death. He shows how Jesus' death came to be seen as sacrificial and how the evolving understandings of Jesus' death affected those who suffered most from it - the Jews. He then traces the emergence and development - in theology, liturgy, literature, art - of the conviction that Jesus' death was redemptive, as seen both in soteriological theory from Tertullian to Anselm, in the Reformation and modern eras, and in more popular religious responses to the crucifixion. Especially fascinating is the story of the emergence of a distinct "Passion piety" that still characterizes the West." "In all this Sloyan detects the separation of the cross from Jesus' life and resurrection, allowing the mythicizing of an event too large for mere words to handle: the mystery of the cross."--BOOK JACKET.
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Cult, Crosses, Passion, Role of Jews, Crucifixion, Satisfaction for sin, Judaism (Christian theology), Church and state, Christianity and antisemitism, Religion, National socialism and religion, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Antisemitism, Causes, History, Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Rôle des Juifs, "Bible. NT", Kruisiging, Mort, Satisfaction (Théologie), Sotériologie, Crucifiement, Jewish role in the Passion of Jesus Christ, Croix, Soteriologie, Kreuzigung, Culte, Jésus-Christ, Germany, religion, Church and state, germany, National socialism, Jesus christ, crucifixion, Jesus christ, passionPeople
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Jesus of Nazareth died on a cross at the hands of Roman justice around the year 30 C.E. Thousands of others perished in the same way, and many people before and since have suffered far more gruesome torments. Why then is Jesus, Gerard Sloyan asks, uniquely and universally remembered for his suffering death? How has his death brought solace to many millions? To answer this question, Gerard Sloyan in this powerful historical tour de force tracks the legacy of the cross across two millennia of Christian reminiscences, piety, art, speculation, and mythicizing. Beginning with New Testament accounts, he shows how Jesus' death came to be seen as sacrificial. He then plots the emergence and development -- in theology, liturgy, literature, art -- of the conviction that Jesus' death was redemptive, as seen both in soteriological theory from Tertullian to Anselm, in the Reformation and modern eras, and in more popular religious responses to the crucifixion. - Back cover.
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