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 | Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts (2nd Edition) by Mark D. Baker, Joel B. Green Paperback, 287 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-8308-3931-3 / 0830839313 ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3931-5 / 9780830839315 For the first-century Roman world the cross was first and foremost an instrument of shameful and violent execution. But early Christians, who had seen their world upended by the atoning power of the cross of Christ, came to view it in an entirely different light. Deeply scandalous, it was paradoxic | |