Christ and the Judgement of God (2nd Edition): The Limits of Divine Retribution in New Testament Thought - Hardcover

Stephen Travis

9781842276136: Christ and the Judgement of God (2nd Edition): The Limits of Divine Retribution in New Testament Thought

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1842276131 ISBN 13: 9781842276136

Publisher: Authentic Media, 2008

In this scholarly study Stephen Travis examines the role of retribution in New Testament theologies of judgment. This long awaited second edition includes three entirely new chapters as well as being completely revised and updated. Travis' main thesis is that New Testament theologies of judgment are more fundamentally relational than retributive. He argues that while elements of retribution are present in each "strand" of the New Testament, they are remarkably infrequent, in view of their prominence in the Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds. He argues that both in Paul and in the gospels one's relationship to God, through Christ, is the criterion of judgment; and the ultimate outcome of the judgment is conceived in terms of that relationship.

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About the Author:

Stephen H. Travis is a teacher and writer, formerly vice-principal and lecturer in New Testament at St Johns College, Nottingham, England. He has contributed significant books an eschatology and hope such as I Believe in the Second Coming of Jesus, Christian Hope and the Future, Christ Will Come Again and most recently Christ and the Judgement of God: The Limits of Divine Retribution in New Testament Thought (Second Edition). Kooorng - Editorial Review.

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