Must There Be Scapegoats?
Violence and Redemption in the Bible
Raymund Schwager
Schwager reverses three millennia of conventional understanding of the Bible as he argues that the God of the Old Testament is not a God of violence; that Jesus’ sacrifice is not an act of appeasement of the Father; and that the suffering and death of an infinite victim is not compensation for an infinite offence against God
978 085244 509 9
254 pages
£15.99