Alms : charity, reward, and atonement in early Christianity / / David J. Downs

• Autore: Downs David J. <1977->
• Pubblicazione: Waco, Texas : , : Baylor University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Disciplina: 248.4/6
• Soggetto topico: Charity - History of doctrines; Redemption - Christianity - History of doctrines; Atonement - Biblical teaching; Charity - Biblical teaching; Redemption - Biblical teaching; Atonement - History of doctrines
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Alms
• ISBN: 1-60258-999-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465789703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II