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Impeccability and Temptation In Christian theology, the teaching that Christ possessed both a human and divine will is central to the doctrine of two natures, but it also represents a logical paradox, raising questions about how a person can be both im- peccable and subject to temptation. This volume explores these questions through an analytic theology approach, bringing together 15 original papers that explore the implications of a strong libertarian concept of free will for Christology. With perspectives from systematic theologians, philosophers, and biblical scholars, several chapters also offer a comparative theology approach, examining the concept of impeccability in the M uslim tradition. Therefore, this volume will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in analytic theology, biblical scholarship, systematic t heology, and Christian-Islamic dialogue. Johannes Grössl is Assistant Professor for Fundamental Theology and Comparative Studies of Religion at the University of Würzburg, Germany. He has published in Faith and Philosophy and Theology and Science and co-edited a volume of German translations of essays on divine foreknowl- edge and human freedom, Göttliche Allwissenheit und Menschliche Frei- heit (2015). Klaus von Stosch is Professor for Systematic Theology at the University of Paderborn, Germany. He is an internationally well-known expert in com- parative theology, having published 11 monographs and 40 edited books, among them, together with Francis Clooney, How to do Comparative Theology? He has held guest professorships in Jerusalem and research fellowships at the University of Qom (Iran), Harvard Divinity School, and Georgetown University. Routledge Studies in Analytic and Systematic Theology Series editors: James Turner, Thomas McCall and Jordan Wessling Impeccability and Temptation Understanding Christ’s Divine and Human Will Edited by Johannes Grössl and Klaus von Stosch For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/ Routledge-Studies-in-Genocide-and-Crimes-against-Humanity/book-series/ RSGCH Impeccability and Temptation Understanding Christ’s Divine and Human Will Edited by Johannes Grössl and Klaus von Stosch First published 2021 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2021 selection and editorial matter, Johannes Grössl and Klaus von Stosch; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Johannes Grössl and Klaus von Stosch to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 9780367615024 (hbk) ISBN: 9780367618940 (pbk) ISBN: 9780367618933 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by codeMantra Contents List of fgures vii List of contributors ix Introduction: impeccability and temptation 1 JOHANNES GRÖSSL PART I Was Christ sinless? Exegetical and historical approaches 13 1 The sinlessness of Christ and human perfection 15 JEFFREY SIKER 2 Sinless or not? The baptism by John and Jesus’ consciousness of his personal sins 33 ANGELIKA STROTMANN 3 “He himself was tempted” (Hebr 2:18): the temptation of Jesus in the New Testament 50 LENA LÜTTICKE AND HANS-ULRICH WEIDEMANN 4 God’s work and human’s contribution: Jesus’ sinlessness in Theodore of Mopsuestia’s Christology 75 CORNELIA DOCKTER 5 Conciliar Christology, impeccability, and temptation 94 TIMOTHY PAWL vi Contents PART II Is Christ impeccable? Systematical approaches 117 6 Seven questions ingredient to Jesus Christ’s temptation 119 JOHN E. McKINLEY 7 The Hypostatic Union and the freedom of Christ 143 THOMAS SCHÄRTL 8 Classical Theism, Christology, and the Two Sons Worry 164 R.T. MULLINS 9 Peccable as Son of Man, impeccable as Son of God: an attempt to reconcile freedom and impeccability 183 DOMINIKUS KRASCHL 10 The divine and human will of Christ 199 OLIVER D. CRISP 11 Deification and the divided-consciousness-view 216 JOHANNES GRÖSSL PART III Human perfection and sinlessness in Islamic theology 233 12 The scope of ‘iṣma and Qur’anic evidence 235 MOHAMMAD HAGHANI FAZL 13 Inerrancy and exaggeration in Shi‘i theology 253 MUHAMMAD LEGENHAUSEN 14 The theological concept of imamate: how Imamis reconcile human perfection and free will 271 VAHID MAHDAVI MEHR Conclusion: impeccability and sinlessness in Islam and Christianity 286 KLAUS VON STOSCH Author/Subject index 297 Scripture index 311 Figures 1.1 Alexamenos Graffti 18 12.1 Five dimensions of inerrancy 243 Contributors Oliver D. Crisp is Professor of Analytic Theology at the University of St. Andrews, UK. His constructive work has, to date, primarily been in the areas of Christology and hamartiology. His publications include Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered (2007) and God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology (2009). Cornelia Dockter is a research assistant at the Institute of Catholic Theol- ogy of the University of Paderborn, Germany. Her dissertation on Chris- tological debates in Quranic perspective, Geist im Wort, was published with Brill in 2020. Johannes Grössl is Assistant Professor of Fundamental Theology and Comparative Religion at the University of Wurzburg, Germany. He has co-edited a volume with German translations of essays on divine foreknowledge and human freedom, Göttliche Allwissenheit und Men- schliche Freiheit (2015). His habilitation on Christ’s impeccability will appear as a monograph with Herder in 2021. Mohammad Haghani Fazl is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center of Islamic Theology and member of the Prophetology Project at the University of Paderborn, Germany. His research interests lie primarily in the Scrip- tures and exegesis. He has published Inerrancy of the Bible from the Christian point of View (in Persian). His PhD dissertation with the ti- tle The Impact of Interreligious Dialogue on the Interpretation of the Scripture will be published by University of Religions and Denomina- tions, Iran (in Persian). Dominikus Kraschl OFM is Professor of Philosophy and the History of Philosophy at University of Chur, Switzerland. His publications (in Ger- man) include The Precarious God-World-Relationship (2009), Rela- tional Ontology. A Contribution to the Discussion of Open Questions in Philosophy (2012) and Indirect Experience of God: Its Nature and Relevance for Theological Epistemology (2017).
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