Recent scholarship on the historical Jesus has rightly focused upon how Jesus understood his own mission. But no scholarly effort to understand the mission of Jesus can rest content without exploring the historical possibility that Jesus envisioned his own death. In this careful and far-reaching study, Scot Mc Knight contends that Jesus did in fact anticipate his own death, that Jesus understood his death as an atoning sacrifice, and that his death as an atoning sacrifice stood at the heart of Jesus’ own mission to protect his own followers from the judgment of God.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Preface
PART ONE: THE DEBATE
1 The Historical Jesus, the Death of Jesus, Historiography, and Theology
2 Jesus’ Death in Scholarship
3 Re-enter Jesus’ Death
PART TWO: THE REALITY OF A PREMATURE DEATH
4 The Leading Foot in the Dance of Atonement
5 A Temporary Presence in God’s Providence
6 Jesus and the Prophetic Fate
PART THREE: A RANSOM FOR MANY
7 The Authenticity of the Ransom Saying
Excursus: The Son of Man
8 Jesus and the Scripture Prophets
9 The Script for Jesus
10 Jesus and the Servant
11 The Passion Predictions
PART FOUR: JESUS AND THE LAST SUPPER
12 Pesah in Jewish History
13 Pesah and the Last Supper
14 This Bread and This Cup
15 Jesus and the Covenant
16 ‘Poured Out’ and Eschatology
17 Conclusions
Excursus: Chasing Down Paul’s Theological Ship
Works Cited
Scripture Index
Author Index
Subject Index
Sobre o autor
Scot Mc Knight is Julius R. Mantey Chair of New Testament at Northern Seminary and author or editor of many books, including The Historical Jesus (2005), Turning to Jesus (2002), and Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (1992).