The crucifixion of the warrior God: interpreting the Old Testament's violent portraits of God in light of the cross

Author

Boyd, Gregory A

Publisher

Fortress Press

Publication Date

[2017]

Language

English

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Volume 1. The cruciform hermeneutic

Part I. The centrality of the crucified Christ

The faith of Jacob : wrestling with "strange" and "alien" portraits of God

The true face of God : the absoluteness of the revelation of God in Christ

Finding Jesus in the Old Testament : the Christocentric hermeneutic of the early church

The cruciform center, part 1 : the cross as the supreme revelation of God

The cruciform center, part 2 : the cross as the thematic center of the gospel

Is the centrality of the cross thesis defensible? Responding to objections

Part II. The problem of divine violence

The dark side of the Bible : taking a hard look at scripture's "texts of terror"

Wrestling with Yahweh's violence, part 1 : the dismissal solution

Wrestling with Yahweh's violence, part 2 : the synthesis solution

Part III. The cruciform hermeneutic

A meaning worthy of God : the reinterpretation solution

Through the lens of the cross : finding the crucified Christ in violent depictions of God

Interpreting scripture as God's word : the cruciform hermeneutic and the theological interpretation of scripture.

Volume 2. The cruciform thesis

Part IV. The principle of cruciform accommodation

The "masks" of a humble God : revelation and the eternal outpouring of the Triune God

The heavenly missionary : Yahweh's accommodation of the law, nationalism, and violence

Part V. The principle of redemptive withdrawal

Divine Aikido : the cross as the revelation of God's "wrath"

Crime and punishment : divine withdrawal and the self-destructive nature of sin

Doing and allowing : the crucicentric significance of scripture's dual speech pattern

A question of divine culpability : responding to objections to the principle of redemptive withdrawal

Defending divine genocide : the inadequacy of traditional defenses of the conquest narrative

When God's nonviolent plans fail : the cruciform interpretation of the conquest narrative

Part VI. The principle of cosmic conflict

The battle of the gods : cosmic conflict and the Old Testament

Caught in the cross fire : cosmic conflict and the New Testament

When hell breaks loose : redemptive withdrawal and cosmic conflict

The dragon-swallowing dragon : examples of cosmic-level Aikido warfare

Part VII. The principle of semiautonomous power

Mauling bears and a lethal palladium : when divine power gets misused.

Subjects

God
God -- Wrath
Violence in the Bible
Wrath

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9781506420752

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