β Scribed by Sigurd Grindheim
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Authority is something we experience every day, but is it necessary? Many think that it is not, and that it exists only as a remedy for some defect in us. Victor Lee Austin sets about exploring the higher and nobler functions of authority, and in doing so reveals its human importance as more than simply a provision for human inadequacies. A significant contribution to Christian anthropology, the book illuminates an indispensable feature of human sociality: the need for, and the good provided by, authority. In enabling us to do more complex activities, to gain and communicate understanding of the world around us and to flourish in political communities, authority ultimately leads us to enjoy God. Victor Lee Austin makes a unique contribution to political theology by deliberating the ways that authority functions both socially and epistemologically. The field of ecclesiology is also enriched by the book's discussion of authority as at once necessary and fallible. Those interested in the work of Michael Polanyi, Yves Simon, or Oliver O'Donovan will find these authors brought into the broader conversation about authority in an engaging way.
Cover
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
INTRODUCTION
Scope
Method
1. GODβS VICTORIOUS INTERVENTION: JESUS AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Background
The Kingdom of God in the Teaching of Jesus
Conclusion
2. DOING THE WORKS OF GOD: JESUSβ MIRACLES
Miracles by His Own Power
Miracles as God's New Creation
Conclusion
3. GODβS PARDON: JESUS AND FORGIVENESS
Authenticity
Significance
Conclusion
4. PASSING GODβS JUDGMENT: JESUS AS THE ESCHATOLOGICAL JUDGE
Advocate or Judge?
The Authenticity of Mt. 25:31-46
The Nature of the Judgment
Conclusion
5. SPEAKING WITH GODβS AUTHORITY: JESUS AND THE LAW
Authenticity of the Antitheses (Mt. 5:21-48)
The Nature of the Claim
Conclusion
6. ISSUING GODβS CALL: JESUSβ RELATIONSHIP TO HIS DISCIPLES
Twelve Disciples
Jesusβ Demands
Conclusion
7. GODβS EPITHETS: JESUSβ METAPHORICAL SELF-DESCRIPTIONS
The Bridegroom
The Mother Bird
The King
The Sower
Conclusion
8. MEDIATORY FIGURES IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM
The Royal Messiah
Messianic Pretenders
The Angel of the Lord
The Prince of Light
Melchizedek
Moses
Other Enthroned Characters
The Son of Man
Philoβs Ideal Human Being
Logos
Conclusion
9. THE UNIQUE SON OF GOD: SUBORDINATE AND EQUAL
Subordinate to the Father
Jesus as the Son of the Father
The Unique Son (Lk. 10.21-22/Mt. 11:25-27)
Ignorance of the End (Mk 13.32 par.)
The Rich Man (Mk 10.18 par.)
Conclusion
10. JESUS AS THE SON OF MAN
Authenticity
Son of Man β Generic or Specific?
Connotations
Conclusion
11. GODβS NEW TEMPLE
The Temple Charge (Mk 14.58 par.)
Jesusβ Temple Action (Mk 11.15-17 par.)
The Messiah and the Temple
Godβs Eschatological Temple
Jesus and the Temple
Conclusion
CONCLUSION
Implications
Bibliography
Index of References
Subject Index
Index of Modern Names
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