TY - BOOK ID - 3033496 TI - Der betende Sünder vor Gott : Studien zu Vergebungsvorstellungen in urchristlichen und frühjüdischen Texten PY - 1999 VL - 45 SN - 9004112839 9004332413 9789004112834 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Forgiveness KW - Apocryphal books (Old Testament) KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Biblical teaching KW - Judaism KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - 225.08*2 KW - -Forgiveness KW - -Unforgiveness KW - Conduct of life KW - Absolution KW - Amnesty KW - Clemency KW - Pardon KW - Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis KW - -Christianity KW - -Biblical teaching KW - -Judaism KW - History and criticism KW - -Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis KW - 225.08*2 Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis KW - -225.08*2 Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: moraal; ethica; juridica Israelis KW - Unforgiveness KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Christianity&delete& KW - Judaism&delete& KW - Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity - Biblical teaching KW - Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Judaism - Biblical teaching KW - Apocryphal books (Old Testament) - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Old Testament apocryphal books KW - Pseudepigraphal books (Old Testament) KW - Biblical teaching. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3033496 AB - This volume provides important new insights into the concept of 'forgiveness' in early Christian literature. In contrast to much of the existing literature on the notion of forgiveness, which usually focuses on the preconditions for being forgiven, the author sets out to describe the actual meanings and connotations of this concept during the period in which the New Testament was being formed. In early Christian texts the notion of forgiveness is expressed in a variety of ways. On the basis of detailed analysis of a number of early Christian and contemporary Jewish prayers the author uncovers an array of different shades of meaning, which often can be obscured in modern translations. In so doing he demonstrates the importance of this complex of meanings for early Christians, not only as part of their soteriology, but in their overall theological outlook as well. ER -