How Repentance Became Biblical: Judaism, Christianity, and the Interpretation of Scripture

by David A Lambert

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Winner of the AAR's 2016 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies

How Repentance Became Biblical tells the story of repentance as a concept. Many today, in both secular and religious contexts, assume it to be a natural and inevitable component of our lives. But, where did it originate? How did it become so prominent within Western religious traditions and, by extension, contemporary culture? What purposes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190212241
• ISBN13: 9780190212247
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"