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

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Jože Krašovec -- General Introduction / Jože Krašovec -- Punishment and Mercy in the Primeval History(Gen 1-11) / Jože Krašovec -- The Dialogue on Just Punishment (Gen 18:16-33) / Jože Krašovec -- Punishment for Pharaoh's Stubbornness (Exod 7:8-11:10) / Jože Krašovec -- Apostasy and Renewal of the Covenant (Exod 32-34) / Jože Krašovec -- Is There a Doctrine of \'Collective Retribution\' in the Hebrew Bible? / Jože Krašovec -- The Antithesis Blessing // Curse and Renewal (Lev 26 and Deut 28 + 30: 1-10) / Jože Krašovec -- Rewards and Punishments in Deuteronomy / Jože Krašovec -- Punishment and Forgiveness in the Book of Joshua / Jože Krašovec -- Punishment and Forgiveness in the First Book of Samuel / Jože Krašovec -- Punishment and Forgiveness in the Second Book of Samuel / Jože Krašovec -- The Unconditional Davidic Covenant Within the Unconditional Covenant With Israel / Jože Krašovec -- The Holy War as Punishment and Protection / Jože Krašovec -- Confession of Sin in the Hebrew Bible and in the Early Jewish Tradition / Jože Krašovec -- Deliverance of the Remnant from Judgment in the Prophecy of Isaiah / Jože Krašovec -- Rejection and Reconciliation in the Book of Hosea / Jože Krašovec -- The Terminology of Punishment and Forgiveness in the Book of Jeremiah / Jože Krašovec -- A New Covenant Based on Forgiveness (Jer 31:31-34) / Jože Krašovec -- Punishment and Mercy in the Book of Ezekiel / Jože Krašovec -- Forgiveness and the Call to Repentance in Isaiah 40-66 / Jože Krašovec -- Punishment of the Nations and Deliverance of Israel in the Apocalypse of Isaiah / Jože Krašovec -- God's Fatherly Correction and the Conversion of the Nations / Jože Krašovec -- The Holy Writings (Hagiographa) / Jože Krašovec -- Mercy and Forgiveness in the Book of Psalms / Jože Krašovec -- The Limited Validity of Retribution in the Book of Job / Jože Krašovec -- Rewards and Punishments in Proverbs / Jože Krašovec -- Qohelet's View of Divine Retribution / Jože Krašovec -- Confession of Guilt the Source of Hope in Lamentations / Jože Krašovec -- The Concept of Punishment in Ancient Greece / Jože Krašovec -- Plato's and Plutarch's Theories of Punishment / Jože Krašovec -- Comparative Assessment in the Light of Modern Theories / Jože Krašovec -- Concepts of Forgiveness / Jože Krašovec -- General Conclusions / Jože Krašovec -- Bibliography / Jože Krašovec -- Indexes / Jože Krašovec.