A New History of Redemption: The Work of Jesus the Messiah through the Millennia

by Gerald R. McDermott

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2024

Overview

Taking inspiration from Jonathan Edwards, a widely-respected evangelical theologian traces the redeeming work of the Messiah in the Bible and in church history up through the new heavens and earth.

Although Jesus’s work of redemption is often viewed as a singular event, a careful examination of Scripture reveals that the Messiah began his redemptive work just after the fall and will continue it to the end of the world.

In the spirit of Jonathan Edwards’s History of the Work of Redemption, distinguished theologian Gerald McDermott traces the progress of redemption throughout the Bible and church history. This book connects the dots surrounding Israel, redemption by the Jewish Messiah, secular and sacred history, the world religions, and Jewish-Christian worship through liturgy and sacraments. It shows how Jesus as Messiah was redeeming throughout Old Testament history, and it carries that story up through the last two millennia.

McDermott contends that it is only through a historical examination of the Messiah’s redemption amid the turmoil of the world and the worship of his people that one can best see God’s beauty.

Key Features

• Traces the progress of redemption throughout the Bible and church history
• Shows how Jesus as Messiah was redeeming throughout Old Testament history
• Connects the dots surrounding Israel, redemption by the Jewish Messiah, secular and sacred history, the world religions, and Jewish-Christian worship through liturgy and sacraments

Product Details

• Title: A New History of Redemption: The Work of Jesus the Messiah through the Millennia
• Author: Gerald R. McDermott
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 426
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Redemption › Christianity--History of doctrines; Jesus Christ › Person and offices--Biblical teaching
• ISBNs: 9781493444458, 9780801098543, 9781493444434, 9781493444441, 0801098548, 1493444433, 1493444441, 149344445X
• Resource ID: LLS:NWHSTRMSSHMLLNN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-16T18:02:50Z

About Gerald R. McDermott

Gerald R. McDermott (PhD, University of Iowa) is Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also associate pastor at Christ the King Anglican Church. His books include The Other Jonathan Edwards: Readings in Love, Society, and Justice (with Ronald Story), The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (with Michael McClymond), A Trinitarian Theology of Religions (with Harold Netland), Cancer: A Medical and Spiritual Guide (with William Fintel, MD), Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods and World Religions: An Indispensable Guide.