Sin : : The Early History of an Idea / / Paula Fredriksen.
Ancient Christians invoked sin to account for an astonishing range of things, from the death of God's son to the politics of the Roman Empire that worshipped him. In this book, award-winning historian of religion Paula Fredriksen tells the surprising story of early Christian concepts of sin, ex...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 4 halftones. 1 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. God, Blood, and the Temple: Jesus and Paul on Sin
- Chapter 2. Flesh and the Devil: Sin in the Second Century
- Chapter 3. A Rivalry of Genius: Sin and Its Consequences in Origen and Augustine
- Epilogue
- Timeline
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Glossary
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- General Index