Fracture The Cross as Irreconcilable in the Language and Thought of the Biblical Writers

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Introduction Textbook History without Breaks Where Revolutions Begin Polarization "Jews Demand Signs..." "Greeks Desire Wisdom" "Conversion" or "Call" Paul The Evangelists The Fathers A New World The Convert Continuity and Contrast 2. The Death of Jesus in Paul The Old Testament Cultic and Legal Tradition Use and Fracture of Wisdom, Sacrifice, and the Law Use and Fracture of Apocalyptic Use and Fracture of Stoicism Use and Fracture of Gnosis Use and Fracture of the Pre-Pauline Christian Tradition The Pauline Experiential Theology Paul and the Cross in the Believer`s Life 3. The Death of Jesus in Mark The Scheme Old Testament Theology Use and Fracture of the Servant Motif Use and Fracture of Apocalyptic Use and Fracture of the Divine Man Use and Fracture of the Pre-Marcan Tradition 4. The Death of Jesus in Matthew The Scheme Use and Fracture of Old Testament Theology and Apocalyptic Use and Fracture of Nomism 5. The Death of Jesus in Luke Luke and the heilsgeschichtlich Scheme A Second Reading Use: Martyrs and Wisdom Fracture: The Divine Necessity 6. Synoptic Confession of the Crucified 7. The Death of Jesus in John The Debate The Scheme Use and Fracture of Judaism Use and Fracture of Gnosis 8. The Death of Jesus in Hebrews The Death of Jesus Hebrews and Judaism Use and Fracture of the Cultic Use and Fracture of Apocalyptic Use and Fracture of Hellenistic Bible Exegesis Use and Fracture of Gnosis 9. The Death of Jesus in the First Epistle of Peter The Independence of the Epistle Use and Fracture of the Old Testament and Judaism Hellenization and Its Fracture Gnosis and its Fracture Christian Sources and Their Fracture