Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity
Cover -- Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What Can Wash Away My Sin? -- 1. Redeem Your Sins with Acts of Mercy: Charity and Reward in the Hebrew-Aramaic Bible and Its Greek Translation -- 2. Merciful Deeds Deliver from Death: Charity and Reward i...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Waco
Baylor University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Downs, David J., 1977-, Alms] (2017) (Gregory, Bradley C.)
[Rezension von: Downs, David J., Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity] (2017) (Gurry, Peter J.) |
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Charity ; History of doctrines
B Redemption ; Christianity ; History of doctrines B Atonement ; History of doctrines B Atonement ; Biblical teaching B Charity ; Biblical teaching B Electronic books B Redemption ; Biblical teaching |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Downs, David J: Alms : Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity. - Waco : Baylor University Press,c2016 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What Can Wash Away My Sin? -- 1. Redeem Your Sins with Acts of Mercy: Charity and Reward in the Hebrew-Aramaic Bible and Its Greek Translation -- 2. Merciful Deeds Deliver from Death: Charity and Reward in the Apocrypha -- 3. Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice: Cult Criticism and Atoning Almsgiving? -- 4. Give Alms with Respect to the Things Within: Charity and Reward in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts -- 5. Storing Up the Treasure for a Good Foundation: Almsgiving and Reward in the Pauline Epistles 6 Love Covers a Multitude of Sins: Atoning Almsgiving in 1 Peter 4:8 and Its Early Christian Reception -- 7. Merciful Practice Is Good as Repentance for Sin: Resurrection, Atonement, and Care for the Poor in Second-Century Christianity -- 8. By Alms and Faith Sins Are Purged Away: Almsgiving and Atonement in Early Christian Scriptural Exegesis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1602589976 |