The purpose of this dissertation was to analyze the diverse benefits of Christ through the lens of supralapsarian Christology. Specifically, this dissertation addressed how supralapsarian Christology (also called the primacy of Christ or incarnation anyway) can be demonstrated a…
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Sacrifice often connotes death or some form of lack within popular discourse. The association of sacrifice with death is assumed in some strains of the Christian tradition that employ sacrifice within a penal substitutionary account of the atonement. In this framework, sacrifice…
This dissertation examines the soteriology of Hans Urs von Balthasar and presents a defense of his theology of sacrifice. His theology of sacrifice, I argue, appropriates both the cultic and prophetic material of Scripture. My method is to trace Balthasar's theological aesthetic…
Many Christians either champion the kingdom or cling to the cross, yet Scripture presents a mutually enriching relationship between the two that draws significantly from the story of Israel and culminates in the crucifixion of Christ the king. In short, the kingdom and the cross…
This project explicates the message and theology of Leviticus 16. Chapter 1 introduces the history of the theological interpretation of Leviticus 16. Set forth also is the thesis, scope, and methodology of this project. Chapter 2 furnishes a study on four important terms in Levi…
This dissertation will explore the issue of whether the historical Jesus ever spoke or acted on the basis of the ancient Jewish concept of the eschatological tribulation: i.e., the expectation that the age of salvation would be preceded by a final period of extreme suffering, af…
The author of 1 John interprets Christ's death as the atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world (2:2; 4:10). According to 1 John, the Son is the Savior of the world (4:14) in terms of his role as the atoning sacrifice (4:10), and on the basis of his accomplished work of atonem…
The trend in self-styled post-Holocaust Christian theology has been to adjust doctrine to serve practical ethical agreement and the needs of interreligious dialogue. Such adjustments typically include the development of "low" christologies in an effort to deemphasize the essenti…
This dissertation endeavors to answer the question whether Maccabean martyr traditions informed Paul's theology of atonement? The thesis of this dissertation answers the question in the affirmative: Maccabean martyr traditions informed Paul's theology of atonement. The dissertat…
This dissertation is a study of the etymology of [special characters omitted] with an emphasis on its meaning in 1 John and its impact on New Testament thought. This study seeks to prove that the primary meaning of [special characters omitted] is the satisfaction of God's wrath …
Chapter 1 first establishes the study's methodology, then explores Hebrews' interest(s) in Leviticus as a pathway into Leviticus itself, sketching Hebrews' appropriation of the Day of Atonement, the high priest as sacrificial officiant, "daily" sacrifices, the inauguration of co…