Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Biblical Studies

1 833 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

In the light of the New Testament's conviction that Jesus Christ died for sins, and that the Cross is a 'once for all' act that makes the Temple cult unnecessary, this challenging work probes the reasons for the emerging doctrine of redemptive almsgiving in early Christianity. Do the New Testament writers themselves (even Jesus!) implicitly endorse the view that a 'supplementary' or alternative means of atonement is necessary? What is the background of this theme in Graeco-Roman sources and in the Hebrew Bible? What are the principal texts in early Christian literature that advocate almsgiving as a 'ransom' for sin? These questions firmly govern this investigation of the social and theological forces that gave legitimacy to a doctrine that at first appears to contradict the primary New Testament soteriology, namely that the death of Jesus Christ is the exclusive means of redemption from sin.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-01-29
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Biblical Studies
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781474230605

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Roman Garrison is an Interim Minister for the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. and lives in western Pennsylvania.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Helmut Horacek and Michael ZockPart I Content Planning1 Content Determination and Text Structuring: Two Interrelated Processes Denis Carcagno and Lidija Iordanskaja2 Explanation Strategies for KADS-Based Expert Systems Michael SprengerPart II Text Planning3 From Interclausal Relations to Discourse Structure - A Long Way Behind, A Long Way Ahead Eduard Hovy4 Organising Discourse Structure Relations Using Metafunctions Elisabeth Maier and Eduard Hovy5 From Constituent Planning to Text Planning Zuzana Krifka-Dobes and Hans-Joachim NovakPart III Realization6 How A Systemic Functional Grammar Works: The Role of Realization in Realization Robin P. Fawcett, Gordon H. Tucker and Yuen Q. Lin7 Head-Driven Bottom-Up Generation and Government and Binding: A Unified Perspective Fabio PianesiPart IV Systems8 Decisions Making Throughout The Generation Process In The Systems WISBER And DIAMOD Helmut Horacek9 A Revision-Based Generation Architecture For Reporting Facts In Their Historical Context Jacques RobinPart V Selected Topics10 The Initial Specifications For Generation11 LexicalizationIndex