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Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Biblical Studies) - Hardcover

Garrison, Roman

 
9781474230605: Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Biblical Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1474230601 ISBN 13: 9781474230605
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

In the light of the New Testament's conviction that Jesus Christ died for sins, and that the Cross is a 'once for all' act that makes the Temple cult unnecessary, this challenging work probes the reasons for the emerging doctrine of redemptive almsgiving in early Christianity. Do the New Testament writers themselves (even Jesus!) implicitly endorse the view that a 'supplementary' or alternative means of atonement is necessary? What is the background of this theme in Graeco-Roman sources and in the Hebrew Bible? What are the principal texts in early Christian literature that advocate almsgiving as a 'ransom' for sin? These questions firmly govern this investigation of the social and theological forces that gave legitimacy to a doctrine that at first appears to contradict the primary New Testament soteriology, namely that the death of Jesus Christ is the exclusive means of redemption from sin.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Roman Garrison is an Interim Minister for the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. and lives in western Pennsylvania.

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Verlag
Bloomsbury Academic
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1474230601
ISBN 13 
9781474230605
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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