TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE IDEA OF ATONEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT I. Atonement in Preprophetic Israel 3 II. Atonement in the Prophets and Deuteronomy 25 III. Atonement in the Later Priestly Literature 42 II. THE IDEA OF ATONEMENT IN NON-CANONICAL JEWISH LITERATURE IV. Atonement in Non-Canonical Jewish Literature 65 III. THE IDEA OF ATONEMENT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT V. Atonement in the Teaching of John the Baptist 93 VI. Atonement in the Teaching of Jesus 110 VII. Atonement as Conceived by the Early Church 145 VIII. Atonement in the Teaching of Paul 157 IX. The Teaching of the First Epistle of Peter and of the Epistle to the Hebrews 202 X. Atonement in the Writings Ascribed to John 227 IV. SUMMARY OF THE BIBLICAL TEACHINGS CONCERNING ATONEMENT XI. Summary of the Biblical Teachings 247 V. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BIBLICAL TEACHINGS CONCERNING ATONEMENT XII. The Significance of the Biblical Teachings Concerning Atonement 269 XIII. Atonement in the Light of Modern Thought 291 APPENDIX Lists of the More Important Books on the Idea of Atonement 321 INDICES Subject Index 329 Scripture Passages 331 Digitized by Google.