Sin

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Titel
Sin
Untertitel
a history
Verfasserangabe
Gary A. Anderson
Medienart
Sprache
Person
Auflage
1. [print.]
Verlag
Ort
New Haven, Conn.
Jahr
Umfang
xv, 253 S.; 23,5 cm
ISBN13
978-0-300-16809-9
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Annotation
Inhalt: Part one: Introducing the problem. What is a sin? -- A burden to be borne -- A debt to be repaid -- Part two: Making payment on one's debt. Redemption and the satisfaction of debts -- Ancient creditors, bound laborers, and the sanctity of the land -- Lengthening the term of debt -- Loans and the Rabbinic sages -- Early Christian thinking on the atonement -- Part three: Balancing debts with virtue. Redeem your sins with alms -- Salvation by works? -- A treasury in heaven -- Why God became man.