Salvation in the New Testament: Perspectives on Soteriology

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Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

PART ONE VIEWS ON SALVATION IN THE GOSPELS AND ACTS

1. IHΣOUΣ, the Davidic Messiah, as Political Saviour in Matthew’s History

2. Salvation in Mark

3. Soteriological Perspectives in Luke’s Gospel

4. Salvation in the Gospel According to John

5. The Soteriology of Acts: Restoration to Life

PART TWO PAULINE AND DEUTERO-PAULINE LETTERS ON SALVATION

1. The “For Us” Phrases in Pauline Soteriology: Considering Their Background and Use

2. XAPIΣ in Paul: an Investigation into the Apostle’s “Performative” Application of the Language of Grace Within the Framework of His Theological Reflection on the Event/process of Salvation

3. Forensic Metaphors in Romans and Their Soteriological Significance

4. Salvation as Redemption: The Use of “Redemption” Metaphors in Pauline Literature

5. Salvation of the Reconciled (with a Note on the Background of Paul’s Metaphor of Reconciliation)

6. Salvation in Colossians and Ephesians

7. Safe in the Family of God: Soteriological Perspectives in 1 Thessalonians

8. “Christ Jesus Came in to the Worldto Save Sinners”: Soteriology in the Pastoral Epistles

PART THREE PERSPECTIVES ON SALVATION FROM THE GENERAL EPISTLES, HEBREWS, AND REVELATION

1. God’s Purposes and Christ’s Saving Work According to Hebrews

2. Simple Salvation, but Not of Straw. . . . Jacobean Soteriology

3. Metaphors in the Soteriology in 1 Peter: Identifying and Interpreting The salvific Imageries

4. Salvation in the Johannine Epistles

5. Soteriology in the Apocalypse of John

Conclusion Soteriology of the New Testament: Some Tentative Remarks

Index of Authors