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Endurance in Suffering

Endurance in Suffering PDF Author: N. Clayton Croy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521018913
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Book Description
Hebrews 12:1-13 portrays the suffering of its readers with two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy places this important passage in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. He argues that the idea of "training" unites the passage, which presents Jesus as the supreme athlete. It also supports a nonpunitive understanding of discipline, in which God's children undergo a positive process of education. These ideas combine to support a call in Hebrews to faithful endurance rather than repentance.