Clip (<5 mins)
Philosophy
Orthodox
David Bentley Hart on the legal language used by Paul
Theologian
David Bentley Hart
Duration
3.48
Uploaded to YouTube
20 April 2020
Added to Database
18 October 2025
YouTube description
In this conversation with Robert Wright, David Bentley Hart explains the limits of the legal language used by Paul, and why the later Western idea of "paying off an angry God with the blood of an innocent victim" is a barbaric notion that wasn't part of the original Christian understanding.
Source and all credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2faD3JJ8DE
Specific timestamp:
26m52 - 30m39