Crucifixion: In the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross / Edition 1

by John Bowden, Martin Hengel

Overview

In a comprehensive and detailed survey on its remarkably widespread employment in the Roman empire, Dr. Hengel examines the way in which "the most vile death of the cross" was regarded in the Greek-speaking world and particularly in Roman-occupied Palestine.

His conclusions bring out more starkly than ever the offensiveness of the Christian message: Jesus not only died an unspeakably cruel death, he underwent the most contemptible abasement that could be imagined. So repugnant was the gruesome reality, that a natural tendency prevails to blunt, remove, or deomesticate its scandalous impact. Yet any discussion of a "theology of the cross" must be preceded by adequate comprehension of both the nature and extent of this scandal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800612689
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	09/01/1977
Series:	Facets
Edition description:	1st American ed
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

Martin Hengel is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Tubingen, Germany. Among his many important books are Judaism and Hellenism (1974), Between Jesus and Paul (1983), Crucifixion (1977), The Atonement (1981), and Property and Riches in the Early Church (1974), all published by Fortress Press.