02984nam 2200661 450 991079823400332120230808192522.01-60258-999-2(CKB)3710000000636243(EBL)4500500(SSID)ssj0001645899(PQKBManifestationID)16414519(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001645899(PQKBWorkID)14548154(PQKB)11383323(MiAaPQ)EBC4500500(OCoLC)946606397(MdBmJHUP)muse51269(Au-PeEL)EBL4500500(CaPaEBR)ebr11202076(CaONFJC)MIL913510(EXLCZ)99371000000063624320160426h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlms charity, reward, and atonement in early Christianity /David J. DownsWaco, Texas :Baylor University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (351 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60258-997-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Epistles6 Love Covers a Multitude of Sins: Atoning Almsgiving in 1 Peter 4:8 and Its Early Christian Reception7. 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; IndexCharityHistory of doctrinesRedemptionChristianityHistory of doctrinesAtonementBiblical teachingCharityBiblical teachingRedemptionBiblical teachingAtonementHistory of doctrinesCharityHistory of doctrines.RedemptionChristianityHistory of doctrines.AtonementBiblical teaching.CharityBiblical teaching.RedemptionBiblical teaching.AtonementHistory of doctrines.248.4/6Downs David J.1977-1553933MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798234003321Alms3814808UNINA