Kultmetaphorik und Christologie
Opfer- und Suhneterminologie im Neuen Testament
by Christian A. Eberhart
What are the Christological and soteriological contents of the metaphor of the sacrifice of Jesus and the concept of atonement in the New Testament? Do they communicate the vicarious death of Jesus, as many suggest today? These metaphors and concepts, however, are not only difficult to comprehend; they are often considered offensive due to alleged implications such as violent killing and the image of a vengeful God. Christian A. Eberhart tackles this problem in his careful and detailed study of cult metaphors and concepts in the context of New Testament Christology. By relating them to Old Testament and early Jewish traditions of sacrificial rituals, he shows that the metaphor of the sacrifice of Jesus does not necessarily convey the violent death of Jesus, but his entire mission and life. Nor is the cultic concept of atonement based on vicarious killing; it expresses salvation through purification and consecration. German text.
Welche christologischen und soteriologischen Vorstellungen wurden im Neuen Testament mit der Bezeichnung Jesu als Opfer und der Rede von Suhne vermittelt? Weit verbreitet ist derzeit die Auffassung, es gehe um Jesu stellvertretenden Suhnetod. Diese Motive bereiten heutzutage nicht nur Verstandnisprobleme. Viele finden sie anstossig, da sich mit ihnen problematische Vorstellungen wie gewaltsame Totung und das Bild eines strafenden Gottes zu verbinden scheinen. Christian A. Eberhart untersucht mittels detaillierter traditionsgeschichtlicher Studien kultische Metaphern und Redewendungen des Neuen Testaments vor dem Hintergrund alttestamentlicher und fruhjudischer Texte zu Opferritualen. Er zeigt unter anderem, dass sich das Opfermotiv im Neuen Testament nicht allein auf Jesu Tod, sondern auch auf dessen Leben und gesamte Mission bezieht. Ausserdem ist kultische Suhne durch die Vorstellung eines stellvertretenden Todes nicht angemessen beschrieben; sie assoziiert vielmehr ein Heilsgeschehen auf der konzeptionellen Grundlage kultischer Reinigung und Weihe.
- By (author) Christian A Eberhart
"...A detailed, comprehensive analysis of the New Testament's reception of Israel's sacrificial system that reconsiders the multiple ways that Jesus's death was interpreted by his first followers." --Jennifer W. Knust, Boston University, Review of Biblical Literature 1.20.2017
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