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100			_aHengel, Martin
100			_d(1926-2009)
100			_eAuthor
245			_aCrucifixion
245			_bIn the ancient world and the folly of the message of the cross
245			_cMartin Hengel
260			_aPhiladelphia, U.S.A
260			_bFortress
260			_c1977
300			_a99tr.
300			_bpaperback
520			_aIn a comprehensive and detailed survey on its remarkably widespread employment in the Roman empire, Dr. Hengel examines the way in which `the most vile death of the cross` was regarded in the Greek-speaking world and particularly in Roman-occupied Palestine. His conclusions bring our more starkly than ever the offensiveness of the Christian message: Jesus not only died an unspeakably cruel death, he underwent the most contemptible abasement that could be imagined. So repugnant was the gruesome reality, that a natural tendency prevails to blunt, remove, to domesticate its scandalous impact. yet any discussion of a `theology of the cross` must be preceded by adequate comprehension of both the nature and extent of this scandal.
650			_aCrucifixion
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