Construing the Cross: Type, Sign, Symbol, Word, Action - eBook
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Construing the Cross: Type, Sign, Symbol, Word, Action - eBook  -     By: Frances M. Young

Construing the Cross: Type, Sign, Symbol, Word, Action - eBook

Cascade Books / 2015 / ePub

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Title: Construing the Cross: Type, Sign, Symbol, Word, Action - eBook
By: Frances M. Young
Format: DRM Free ePub
Vendor: Cascade Books
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 9781498220033
ISBN-13: 9781498220033
Series: Didsbury Lectures
Stock No: WW110713EB

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This book reconsiders ways in which the cross of Christ was construed before "atonement theories" narrowed the categories. The "typology" of Passover is explored as probably the very first way in which Christians came to understand the passion. The use of sacrificial imagery is re-examined. The significance of identifying the cross with the Tree of Life is traced across the centuries into medieval times, along with other surprising links with the Eden narrative. The validity of seeking imaginative insights to grasp what the cross signifies is given theological consideration in a chapter that moves into literary and liturgical reflections and is punctuated with cruciform poems. The overall outcome is a quite paradoxical focus, not on death, but on life.

Author Bio

Frances M. Young was Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology in the University of Birmingham, UK. She began teaching in 1971 and is the author of many books and articles. She is known particularly for Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture (1997), as well as Face to Face (1990), an account of life with her profoundly disabled son, Arthur. In retirement she continues to write and to lead worship as a Methodist minister.

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