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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811341003321

Autore

Hägerland Tobias <1975->

Titolo

Jesus and the forgiveness of sins : an aspect of his prophetic mission / / Tobias Hägerland [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-17982-9

1-107-22791-7

1-283-38407-8

9786613384072

1-139-18957-3

1-139-18827-5

1-139-19087-3

1-139-18365-6

1-139-18597-7

1-139-01767-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; ; 150

Classificazione

REL006220

Disciplina

232.9/5

Soggetti

Forgiveness of sin

Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Forgiveness in the Gospel tradition -- Forgiveness and primitive Christian theology -- Mediators of forgiveness in early Judaism -- Forgiveness in the mission of the historical Jesus -- Forgiveness from Jesus to the Gospels -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The Gospels record that Jesus purported to forgive sins. What significance would such a claim have had for his contemporaries and what would the implications have been for his identity as a first-century popular prophet? Tobias Hägerland answers these questions and more as he investigates the forgiveness of sins in the mission of the historical Jesus. The Gospels are interpreted within the context of first-century Judaism as part of a broader reconstruction of Jesus' career as a healer and prophet, and rhetorical criticism is introduced as



a tool for explaining how the gospel tradition about Jesus and forgiveness developed. Hägerland combines detailed exegesis and rigorous methodology with a holistic view of the historical Jesus, evaluating recent scholarship about first-century Jewish prophets and utilizing previously neglected textual evidence to present a thorough investigation of the theology of forgiveness in early Judaism and primitive Christianity.