How Long to Read Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement

How Long Does it Take to Read Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement by Jarvis J. Williams

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Description

In an age in which scholars continue to produce books on the nature and significance of Jesus's death, books that often assume the Old Testament cult was the New Testament authors' primary background for their conception of Jesus's death, Jarvis J. Williams offers a fresh and novel contribution regarding both the nature of and background influences behind Paul's conception of Jesus's death. He argues that Paul's conception of Jesus's death both as an atoning sacrifice and as a saving event for Jews and Gentiles was significantly influenced by Maccabean Martyr Theology. To argue his thesis, Williams engages in an intense exegesis of 2 and 4 Maccabees while also interacting with other Second Temple Jewish texts that are relevant to his thesis. Williams further interacts with relevant Old Testament texts and the key texts in the Pauline corpus. He argues that the authors of 2 and 4 Maccabees present the deaths of the Jewish martyrs during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes IV as atoning sacrifices and as a saving event for Israel. He further argues that, although the Old Testament's cultic language certainly influenced Paul's understanding of Jesus's death at certain junctures in his letters, the Old Testament cult alone-which emphasized animal sacrifices-cannot fully explain why or even how Paul could conceive of Jesus's death, a human sacrifice, as both an atoning sacrifice and a saving event for Jews and Gentiles. Finally, Williams highlights the lexical, theological, and conceptual parallels between Martyr Theology and Paul's conception of Jesus's death. Even if scholars disagree with Williams's thesis or methodology, serious Pauline scholars interested in the background influences behind and the nature and significance of Jesus's death in Paul's theology will want to interact with this work.

How long is Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement?

Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement by Jarvis J. Williams is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.

This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement aloud.

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Maccabean Martyr Traditions in Paul's Theology of Atonement is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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