Reward, punishment, and forgiveness : : the thinking and beliefs of ancient Israel in the light of Greek and modern views / / by Jože Krašovec.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 78
• Author: Krašovec, Jože.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 78; Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 78.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 957 pages).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Other title: Preliminary material /; General Introduction /; Punishment and Mercy in the Primeval History(Gen 1-11) /; The Dialogue on Just Punishment (Gen 18:16-33) /; Punishment for Pharaoh's Stubbornness (Exod 7:8-11:10) /; Apostasy and Renewal of the Covenant (Exod 32-34) /; Is There a Doctrine of \'Collective Retribution\' in the Hebrew Bible? /; The Antithesis Blessing // Curse and Renewal (Lev 26 and Deut 28 + 30: 1-10) /; Rewards and Punishments in Deuteronomy /; Punishment and Forgiveness in the Book of Joshua /; Punishment and Forgiveness in the First Book of Samuel /; Punishment and Forgiveness in the Second Book of Samuel /; The Unconditional Davidic Covenant Within the Unconditional Covenant With Israel /; The Holy War as Punishment and Protection /; Confession of Sin in the Hebrew Bible and in the Early Jewish Tradition /; Deliverance of the Remnant from Judgment in the Prophecy of Isaiah /; Rejection and Reconciliation in the Book of Hosea /; The Terminology of Punishment and Forgiveness in the Book of Jeremiah /; A New Covenant Based on Forgiveness (Jer 31:31-34) /; Punishment and Mercy in the Book of Ezekiel /; Forgiveness and the Call to Repentance in Isaiah 40-66 /; Punishment of the Nations and Deliverance of Israel in the Apocalypse of Isaiah /; God's Fatherly Correction and the Conversion of the Nations /; The Holy Writings (Hagiographa) /; Mercy and Forgiveness in the Book of Psalms /; The Limited Validity of Retribution in the Book of Job /; Rewards and Punishments in Proverbs /; Qohelet's View of Divine Retribution /; Confession of Guilt the Source of Hope in Lamentations /; The Concept of Punishment in Ancient Greece /; Plato's and Plutarch's Theories of Punishment /; Comparative Assessment in the Light of Modern Theories /; Concepts of Forgiveness /; General Conclusions /; Bibliography /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004276033
• ISSN: 0083-5889
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Jože Krašovec.

This book deals with central and universal issues of reward, punishment and forgiveness for the first time in a compact and comprehensive way. Until now these themes have received far too little attention in scholarly research both in their own right and in their interrelationship. The scope of this study is to present them in relation to the foundations of our culture. These and related issues are treated primarily within the Hebrew Bible, using the methods of literary analysis. The centrality of these themes in all religions and all cultures has resulted, however, in a comparative investigation, drawing attention to the problem of terminology, the importance of Greek culture for the European tradition, and the fusion of Greek and Jewish-Christian cultures in our modern philosophical and theological systems. This broad perspective shows that the biblical personalist understanding of divine authority and of human righteousness or guilt provides the personalist key to the search for reconciliation in a divided world.