Reward, punishment, and forgiveness : the thinking and beliefs of ancient Israel in the light of Greek and modern views
"This book deals with central and universal issues of reward, punishment and forgiveness for the first time in a compact and comprehensive way. The scope of this study is to present them in relation to the foundations of our culture. These and related issues are treated primarily within the Hebrew Bible, using the methods of literary analysis. The centrality of these themes in all religions and all cultures has resulted, however, in a comparative investigation, drawing attention to the problem of terminology, the importance of Greek culture for the European tradition, and the fusion of Greek and Jewish-Christian cultures in our modern philosophical and theological systems."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 1999
Brill, Leiden, 1999