The Crucifixion of Jesus: History, Myth, Faith (Facets) - Softcover

Sloyan, Gerard S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800628861 ISBN 13: 9780800628864

Publisher: Fortress Press, 1995

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Crucifixion of Jesus Ppr (Facets) [Paperback] [Jul 01, 1995] Gerard S. Sloyan

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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.

About the Author:

Gerard S. Sloyan, STD, PhD, is professor emeritus of religion at Temple University and currently visiting professor at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He has written extensively on Jesus, including The Crucifixion of Jesus (Fortress Press, 1995) and Why Jesus Died (Fortress Press, 2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0800628861
• ISBN 13: 9780800628864
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228