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

ISBN: 9780761830887

出版社: University Press of America

出版年: 2005-04-28

页数: 402

定价: USD 50.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

In recent years, the scholarly consensus has emerged that early Judaism should no longer be classified as a religion of legalistic works-righteousness, but 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.