Forgiveness in the intertestamental period
The article suggests answers to the following questions: what are the characteristics of God�s forgiveness in the intertestamental literature and what connection do these characteristics have with the Old Testament? Important passages in the late Second Temple period that expose the characteristics...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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AOSIS
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Verbum et Ecclesia |
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| Online Access: | http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/484 |
| Summary: | The article suggests answers to the following questions: what are the characteristics of God�s forgiveness in the intertestamental literature and what connection do these characteristics have with the Old Testament? Important passages in the late Second Temple period that expose the characteristics of God�s forgiveness, such as certain Qumran texts (1QH 12:35�37, 1QH 13:2 and the Damascus Document 14:18�19), the writings of Philo and Josephus, the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha, are investigated for this purpose. |
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| ISSN: | 1609-9982 2074-7705 |