00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Anderson, Gary A. aut Verfasser/-in s||Sündenlehre s||Sünde s||Bibel z||Geschichte Sin a history Gary A. Anderson New Haven, Conn. Yale Univ. Press 2009 1. [print.] Inhalt: Part one: Introducing the problem. What is a sin? -- A burden to be borne -- A debt to be repaid -- Part two: Making payment on one's debt. Redemption and the satisfaction of debts -- Ancient creditors, bound laborers, and the sanctity of the land -- Lengthening the term of debt -- Loans and the Rabbinic sages -- Early Christian thinking on the atonement -- Part three: Balancing debts with virtue. Redeem your sins with alms -- Salvation by works? -- A treasury in heaven -- Why God became man. 9780300168099 9780300168099 eng xv, 253 S.; 23,5 cm