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- Cover Type:
- 464 Pages
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Publication Date: April 2023
- ISBN: FDUBY_STJ___JESUSANDTHEGODOFCLAS9781540967114
Jesus and the God of Classical Theism: Biblical Christology in Light of the Doctrine of God
In both biblical studies and systematic theology, modern treatments of the person of Christ have cast doubt on whether earlier Christian descriptions of God--in which God is immutable, impassible, eternal, and simple--can fit together with the revelation of God in Christ. This book explains how the Jesus revealed in Scripture comports with such descriptions of God. The author argues that the Bible's Christology coheres with and even requires the affirmation of divine attributes like immutability, impassibility, eternity, and simplicity.
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“Over the past two centuries, theologians and biblical scholars alike have questioned the usefulness of concepts like aseity, simplicity, immutability, nature, and substance for Christian reflection on the God of Israel and the person of Jesus. Steven Duby counters that these concepts can play a truly ‘ministerial’ role in the life of the church by helping to defend the intelligibility and coherence of biblical teaching. Through exacting semantic and logical analysis, Jesus and the God of Classical Theism shows how the judicious use of metaphysical categories, far from obscuring or distorting Scripture’s message, might enhance our understanding of it.”
Ian A. McFarland
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Theology, Candler School of Theology, Emory University; Quondam Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
“Duby offers a true gift to modern discussions of Christology, grounding categories and discussions from systematic theology in biblical scholarship. This thorough yet continually engaging book is a must-read for those wanting an overview and update on any of the topics covered.”
Madison N. Pierce
associate professor of New Testament, Western Theological Seminary
“In the name of a biblically authentic understanding of Christ and the Trinity, modern theology has often cheerfully discarded the classical Christian commitment to God’s transcendence—to the ways God is not like us—without counting the cost. Written from an ecumenically alert Reformed point of view, this book will interest and stimulate theologians who share its author’s conviction that a truly biblical Christology cannot do without a vigorous affirmation of God’s eternity, immutability, and impassibility. Even more, one hopes, it will interest those who do not.”
Bruce D. Marshall
Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
“This helpful book details the biblical basis and conceptual coherence of traditional Christologies. Along the way, Steve Duby provides a thorough primer on numerous aspects of classical theism and the modern debates it has generated.”
Daniel J. Treier
Knoedler Professor of Theology, Wheaton College
“Steve Duby shows that the doctrine of God as interpreted by early, medieval, and post-Reformation orthodox theologians illumines our reading of the scriptural presentation of the incarnate Son. In so doing he helps demonstrate the christological payoff to concepts like immutability, impassibility, eternality, and even the simplicity of God. If the incarnation is the ultimate test case for biblical metaphysics, Duby shows that many have wrongly found the God of so-called classical theism to be evangelically implausible.”
Michael Allen
John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary
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In both biblical studies and systematic theology, modern treatments of the person of Christ have cast doubt on whether earlier Christian descriptions of God--in which God is immutable, impassible, eternal, and simple--can fit together with the revelation of God in Christ. This book explains how the Jesus revealed in Scripture comports with such descriptions of God. The author argues that the Bible's Christology coheres with and even requires the affirmation of divine attributes like immutability, impassibility, eternity, and simplicity.
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Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 464 Pages
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Publication Date: April 2023
- ISBN: FDUBY_STJ___JESUSANDTHEGODOFCLAS9781540967114