Cross Vision
How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence
Published on 15. August 2017
280 pages
978-1-5064-2074-5 (ISBN)
Description
Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd tackles the Bible's biggest dilemma.
The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace-it's a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century. Now, with the sensitivity of a pastor and the intellect of a theologian, Gregory A. Boyd proposes the "cruciform hermeneutic," a way to read the Old Testament portraits of God through the lens of Jesus' crucifixion.
In Cross Vision, Boyd follows up on his epic and groundbreaking study, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God. He shows how the death and resurrection of Jesus reframes the troubling violence of the Old Testament, how all of Scripture reveals God's self-sacrificial love, and, most importantly, how we can follow Jesus' example of peace.
The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace-it's a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century. Now, with the sensitivity of a pastor and the intellect of a theologian, Gregory A. Boyd proposes the "cruciform hermeneutic," a way to read the Old Testament portraits of God through the lens of Jesus' crucifixion.
In Cross Vision, Boyd follows up on his epic and groundbreaking study, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God. He shows how the death and resurrection of Jesus reframes the troubling violence of the Old Testament, how all of Scripture reveals God's self-sacrificial love, and, most importantly, how we can follow Jesus' example of peace.
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Content
- Intro
- Cross Vision
- Cross Vision
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Something Else Must Be Going On
- The Problem and a Looking-Glass Cross Solution
- The Elephant
- The Unveiling
- A Cruciform Through-Line
- Revolting Beauty
- Building on Tradition
- Biblical, Historical, and Ancient Cultural Support
- The Heavenly Missionary
- Rorschach God
- Echoes of a Pagan Warrior
- The True Nature of God's Judgment
- Divine Aikido
- Self-Punishing Sin
- Doing and Allowing
- Seeing Something Else through the Looking-Glass Cross
- Cosmic War
- Creation Undone
- Dragon-Swallowing-Dragon Warfare
- Misusing Divine Power
- Commanding Child Sacrifice
- Postscript: Four Words of Encouragement
- Acknowledgments
- Index of Authors and Subjects
- Index of Scripture
