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What, according to McCabe, is the relationship between Jesus’ death and God’s forgiveness of our sins? How does his view compare with Williams’, Jenson’s, and Gunton’s?
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Why does Jesus have to die, in Williams’ view? How does Jesus’ death effect God’s purpose for creation?
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Christian Faith 59-77
Tokens 81-103
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“On the Incarnation” (chap 4 – the Death of Christ)
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How do Gunton and Williams treat the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life? Do they allow each of the Evangelists to speak with his own voice? Do they attempt to harmonize the accounts? Do they attempt to get behind the texts to some ‘historical Jesus’? Do you think they read the Gospels rightly?
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Tokens 57-78
Christian Faith 78-116
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According to Wright, what is the meaning of ‘messiah’ in Jesus’ day? How would Jesus’ contemporaries have understood this title? What difference, if any, does this make for our understanding of Jesus’ identity?
