Simon Gathercole (PhD, University of Durham) is senior lecturer in New Testament studies in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge and Fellow and director of studies in theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England. A leading British New Testament scholar, he has written several groundbreaking books.

• IntroductionThe Importance of SubstitutionDefining Substitution: Christ in Our PlaceCriticisms of Substitution1. Exegetical Challenges to SubstitutionThe Tübingen Understanding of Representative "Place-Taking"Interchange in ChristApocalyptic DeliveranceThe Omission or Downplaying of "Sins"Conclusion2. "Christ Died for Our Sins according to the Scriptures" (1 Cor. 15:3)The Importance of 1 Corinthians 15:3-4"According to the Scriptures"Substitution in 1 Corinthians 15:3ConclusionExcursus: An Objection--Why, Then, Do Christians Still Die?3. The Vicarious Death of Christ and Classical Parallels (Rom. 5:6-8)The Translation of Romans 5:6-8A Sketch of the ExegesisVicarious Deaths in Classical TraditionThe Comparison in Romans 5:6-8ConclusionConclusionIndexes

Simon Gathercole (PhD, University of Durham) is senior lecturer in New Testament studies in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge and Fellow and director of studies in theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England. A leading British New Testament scholar, he has written several groundbreaking books.

• IntroductionThe Importance of SubstitutionDefining Substitution: Christ in Our PlaceCriticisms of Substitution1. Exegetical Challenges to SubstitutionThe Tübingen Understanding of Representative "Place-Taking"Interchange in ChristApocalyptic DeliveranceThe Omission or Downplaying of "Sins"Conclusion2. "Christ Died for Our Sins according to the Scriptures" (1 Cor. 15:3)The Importance of 1 Corinthians 15:3-4"According to the Scriptures"Substitution in 1 Corinthians 15:3ConclusionExcursus: An Objection--Why, Then, Do Christians Still Die?3. The Vicarious Death of Christ and Classical Parallels (Rom. 5:6-8)The Translation of Romans 5:6-8A Sketch of the ExegesisVicarious Deaths in Classical TraditionThe Comparison in Romans 5:6-8ConclusionConclusionIndexes