Jesus and the God of Classical Theism: Biblical Christology in Light of the Doctrine of God

by Steven J. Duby

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2022

Overview

In both biblical studies and systematic theology, modern treatments of the person of Christ have cast doubt on whether a more traditional doctrine of God—in which God is immutable, impassible, eternal, and simple—can fit together with the revelation of God in Christ. This book explains how the Jesus revealed in Scripture comports with a classical Christian understanding of God. The author argues that the Bible's Christology coheres with and even requires the affirmation of traditional divine attributes.

Key Features

• Explains how Jesus as revealed in Scripture comports with a classical Christian understanding of God
• Argues that the Bible's Christology coheres with and even requires the affirmation of traditional divine attributes

Contents

• 1. Biblical Christology and “Classical Theism”
• 2. “The Word Was with God”: The Son’s Eternal Relation to the Father
• 3. “Foreknown before the Foundation of the World”: The Son’s Election and Mission
• 4. “And the Word Became Flesh”: The Son’s Relationship to His Human Nature
• 5. “The Spirit of the LORD Is upon Me”: The Son’s Dependence on the Holy Spirit
• 6. “I Have Come to Do Your Will, O God”: The Son’s Obedience
• 7. “A Man of Sorrows”: The Son’s Suffering

Praise for the Print Edition

This helpful book details the biblical basis and conceptual coherence of traditional Christologies. Along the way, Steve Duby provides a thorough primer on numerous aspects of classical theism and the modern debates it has generated.

—Daniel J. Treier, Knoedler Professor of Theology, Wheaton College

Steve Duby shows that the doctrine of God as interpreted by early, medieval, and post-Reformation orthodox theologians illumines our reading of the scriptural presentation of the incarnate Son. In so doing he helps demonstrate the christological payoff to concepts like immutability, impassibility, eternality, and even the simplicity of God. If the incarnation is the ultimate test case for biblical metaphysics, Duby shows that many have wrongly found the God of so-called classical theism to be evangelically implausible.

—Michael Allen, John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary

This wonderfully helpful book shows how to take up the Bible's passionate presentation of Jesus without letting go of the traditional high doctrine of God. Patiently addressing recent worries while carefully engaging the full witness of Scripture, Duby reunites theological goods that have too often been sundered from each other.

—Fred Sanders, professor of theology, Torrey Honors College, Biola University

Product Details

• Title: Jesus and the God of Classical Theism: Biblical Christology in Light of the Doctrine of God
• Author: Steven J. Duby
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 444
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Jesus Christ › History of doctrines; Jesus Christ › Person and offices--Biblical teaching; Theism
• ISBNs: 9781493434763, 9781540961389, 9781493420575, 9781493420582, 1540961389, 1493420577, 1493420585, 1493434764
• Resource ID: LLS:JSSGDCLSDCTRNGD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-16T18:04:06Z

About Steven J. Duby

Steven J. Duby (PhD, University of St Andrews) is associate professor of theology at Grand Canyon University. He is the author of Divine Simplicity: A Dogmatic Account. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Jodi, and their four children.