Simon Gathercole's, Defending Substitution: Why I Am Unconvinced and Concerned
This article is a reflective review of Simon Gathercole's book, Defending Substitution, in which he defended the position that Paul held a substitutionary position of atonement. That position contends that Jesus died 'instead of sinners', replacing them in his death. I primarily offer...
| Published in: | The expository times |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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The expository times
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| Further subjects: | B
Romans 5:6-8
B scapegoat ritual B Atonement B substitutionary atonement B I Corinthians 15:3-4 B Substitution B Simon Gathercole B Isaiah 53 |
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| Summary: | This article is a reflective review of Simon Gathercole's book, Defending Substitution, in which he defended the position that Paul held a substitutionary position of atonement. That position contends that Jesus died 'instead of sinners', replacing them in his death. I primarily offer an exegetical critique based on an Old Testament understanding of Paul's language, in which I do not find a mechanism of substitution. That critique is followed by some reflections on why I find Gathercole's substitutionary view to fall short of the portrayal of God's offers of grace and atonement that are found in the OT and picked up on by the New Testament writers as they use the OT language. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524618754634 |