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The Tension Between God as Righteous Judge and as Merciful in Early Judaism
Engelsk Paperback
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The Tension Between God as Righteous Judge and as Merciful in Early Judaism
Engelsk Paperback

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In recent years, the scholarly consensus has emerged that early Judaism should no longer be classified as a religion of legalistic works on righteousness, but rather defined primarily by God''s covenant with Israel. In this work, it is argued, instead, that there is actually a tension in early Judaism between God as righteous judge and as merciful. As E. Sjöberg maintained in his Gott und Sünder im palästinischen Judentum, in the sources used for a reconstruction of early Judaism, there are two mutually exclusive ways in which God is said to relate to human beings. First, God as righteous judge deals with human beings as they deserve. They are assumed to be morally free and responsible, and God judges and recompenses them in history and eschatologically. Not only are the wicked punished for their sins, but the righteous are also rewarded for their obedience. And second, God as merciful does not deal with human beings as they deserve. Rather, he removes the guilt resulting from disobedience to the Law, sometimes on the simple condition of repentance. This means that a person can escape the consequences of disobedience. The understanding of God in the sources vacillates between God as righteous judge and God as merciful, without coming down definitively on one side to the exclusion of the other.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
402
ISBN-13:
9780761830887
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
076183088X
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Udg. Dato:
4 apr 2005
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
161mm
Højde:
226mm
Forlag:
University Press of America
Oplagsdato:
4 apr 2005
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