The Tension Between God as Righteous Judge and as Merciful in Early Judaism

Barry D. Smith

University Press of America, 2005

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In recent years, the scholarly consensus has emerged that early Judaism should no longer be classified as a religion of legalistic works-righteousness, but defined primarily by God's covenant with Israel. In this work, it is argued, instead, that there is actually a tension in early Judaism between God as righteous judge and as merciful.

ISBN-13
9780761830887
ISBN-10
076183088X
Publisher
University Press of America
Year
2005
Publication date
2005-04-04
Pages
402
Dimensions
226x161x30
Weight
594