Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-336) and index.

Introduction: a stumble to start with -- Atonement on trial -- The cross no one sees: invisible scapegoats -- The voice of Job: sacrifice revealed and contested -- The paradox of the passion: saved by what shouldn't happen -- Sacrifice to end sacrifice: Satan's house divided -- The sign of Jonah and Susanna: innocent blood and false accusers -- God's wisdom and two mistakes: the struggle of historical Christianity -- Substitute for sacrifice: living with an empty cross -- The bad news about Revelation: kinds of Apocalypses -- Saved from sacrifice: renewing the theology of the cross.