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Alms : Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity /

hristianity has often understood the death of Jesus on the cross as the sole means for forgiveness of sin. Despite this tradition, David Downs traces the early and sustained presence of yet another means by which Christians imagined atonement for sin: merciful care for the poor. In Alms: Charity, Re...

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Autor principal: Downs, David J., 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2016]
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505 0 |a Introduction: What can wash away my sin? -- Redeem your sins with acts of mercy : charity and reward in the Hebrew-Aramaic Bible and its Greek translation -- Merciful deeds deliver from death : charity and reward in the Apocrypha -- I desire mercy, not sacrifice : cult criticism and atoning almsgiving? -- Give alms with respect to the things within : charity and reward in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts -- Storing up treasure for a good foundation : almsgiving and reward in the Pauline Epistles -- Love covers a multitude of sins : atoning almsgiving in 1 Peter 4:8 and its early Christian reception -- Merciful practice is good as repentance for sin : resurrection, atonement, and care for the poor in second-century Christianity -- By alms and faith sins are purged away : almsgiving and atonement in early Christian scriptural exegesis. 
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