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A dramatic tension confronts every Christian believer and interpreter of Scripture: on the one hand, we encounter images of God commanding and engaging in horrendous violence: one the other hand, we encounter the non-violent teachings and example of Jesus, whose loving, self-sacrificial death and resurrection is held up as the supreme revelation of God’s character in the New Testament. How do we reconcile the tension between these seemingly disparate depictions? Are they even capable of reconciliation? Throughout Christian history, many different answers have been proposed, ranging from the long-rejected explanation that these contrasting depictions are of two entirely different ‘gods’ to recent social and cultural theories of metaphor and narrative representation.

The Crucifixion of the Warrior God takes up this dramatic tension and the range of proposed answers in an epic constructive investigation. Over two volumes, renowned theologian and biblical scholar Gregory A. Boyd argues that we must take seriously the full range of Scripture as inspired, including its violent depictions of God. At the same time, we must take just as seriously the absolute centrality of the crucified and risen Christ as the supreme revelation of God. Developing a theological interpretation of Scripture that he labels a “cruciform hermeneutic,” Boyd demonstrates how Scripture’s violent images of God are completely reframed and their violence subverted when they are interpreted through the lens of the cross and resurrection. Indeed, when read through this lens, Boyd argues that these violent depictions can be shown to bear witness to the same self-sacrificial character of God that was supremely revealed on the cross.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Accolades, Half Title, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. i-x
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Abbreviations
  2. pp. xv-xxvi
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  1. Volume 1
  1. Introduction: The “Magic Eye” of the Crucified Christ
  2. pp. xxvii-xlii
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  1. Part I: The Centrality of the Crucified Christ
  1. 1. The Faith of Jacob: Wrestling With “Strange” and “Alien” Portraits of God
  2. pp. 3-34
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  1. 2. The True Face of God: The Absoluteness of the Revelation of God in Christ
  2. pp. 35-92
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  1. 3. Finding Jesus in the Old Testament: The Christocentric Hermeneutic of the Early Church
  2. pp. 93-140
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  1. 4. The Cruciform Center, Part 1: The Cross as the Supreme Revelation of God
  2. pp. 141-172
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  1. 5. The Cruciform Center, Part 2: The Cross as the Thematic Center of the Gospel
  2. pp. 173-228
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  1. 6. Is the Centrality of the Cross Thesis Defensible? Responding to Objections
  2. pp. 229-276
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  1. Part II: The Problem of Divine Violence
  1. 7. The Dark Side of the Bible: Taking a Hard Look at Scripture’s “Texts of Terror”
  2. pp. 279-334
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  1. 8. Wrestling with Yahweh’s Violence, Part 1: The Dismissal Solution
  2. pp. 335-378
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  1. 9. Wrestling with Yahweh’s Violence, Part 2: The Synthesis Solution
  2. pp. 379-414
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  1. Part III: The Cruciform Hermeneutic
  1. 10. A Meaning Worthy of God: The Reinterpretation Solution
  2. pp. 417-462
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  1. 11. Through the Lens of the Cross: Finding the Crucified Christ in Violent Depictions of God
  2. pp. 463-512
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  1. 12. Interpreting Scripture as God’s Word: The Cruciform Hermeneutic and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture
  2. pp. 513-552
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  1. Appendices
  1. Appendix I: The Alleged Anti-Judaic Attitude of the Gospels
  2. pp. 553-562
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  1. Appendix II: Jesus and Violence
  2. pp. 563-582
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  1. Appendix III: Violence in the Pauline Epistles
  2. pp. 583-592
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  1. Appendix IV: Violence in the Book of Revelation
  2. pp. 593-628
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  1. Volume 2
  1. Introduction: Something Else Is Going On
  2. pp. 629-638
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  1. Part IV: The Principle of Cruciform Accommodation
  1. 13. The “Masks” of a Humble God: Revelation and the Eternal Outpouring of the Triune God
  2. pp. 641-700
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  1. 14. The Heavenly Missionary: Yahweh’s Accommodation of the Law, Nationalism, and Violence
  2. pp. 701-764
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  1. Part V: The Principle of Redemptive Withdrawal
  1. 15. Divine Aikido: The Cross as the Revelation of God’s “Wrath”
  2. pp. 767-804
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  1. 16. Crime and Punishment: Divine Withdrawal and the Self-Destructive Nature of Sin
  2. pp. 805-850
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  1. 17. Doing and Allowing: The Crucicentric Significance of Scripture’s Dual Speech Pattern
  2. pp. 851-890
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  1. 18. A Question of Divine Culpability: Responding to Objections to the Principle of Redemptive Withdrawal
  2. pp. 891-916
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  1. 19. Defending Divine Genocide: The Inadequacy of Traditional Defenses of the Conquest Narrative
  2. pp. 917-960
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  1. 20. When God’s Nonviolent Plans Fail: The Cruciform Interpretation of the Conquest Narrative
  2. pp. 961-1002
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  1. Part VI: The Principle of Cosmic Conflict
  1. 21. The Battle of the Gods: Cosmic Conflict and the Old Testament
  2. pp. 1005-1040
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  1. 22. Caught in the Cross Fire: Cosmic Conflict and the New Testament
  2. pp. 1041-1098
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  1. 23. When Hell Breaks Loose: Redemptive Withdrawal and Cosmic Conflict
  2. pp. 1099-1142
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  1. 24. The Dragon-Swallowing Dragon: Examples of Cosmic-Level Aikido Warfare
  2. pp. 1143-1192
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  1. Part VII: The Principle of Semiautonomous Power
  1. 25. Mauling Bears and a Lethal Palladium: When Divine Power Gets Misused
  2. pp. 1195-1248
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  1. Postscript: Unlocking the Secret of the Scroll
  2. pp. 1249-1262
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  1. Appendices
  1. Appendix V: The Escalation of Violence in the Promised Land
  2. pp. 1263-1266
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  1. Appendix VI: Hardening People’s Hearts
  2. pp. 1267-1272
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  1. Appendix VII: Can Satan’s Kingdom Be Divided against Itself?
  2. pp. 1273-1276
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  1. Appendix VIII: The Quail Plague
  2. pp. 1277-1282
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  1. Appendix IX: The Testing of Abraham
  2. pp. 1283-1296
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  1. Appendix X: The Issue of Supersessionism
  2. pp. 1297-1302
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  1. Suggested Readings on Central Topics in The Crucifixion of the Warrior God
  2. pp. 1303-1340
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 1341-1346
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  1. Index of Authors and Subjects
  2. pp. 1347-1390
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  1. Index of Scripture
  2. pp. 1391-1445
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  1. Back Cover
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