Sin in the New Testament / Jeffrey Siker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siker, Jeffrey S., author.

Series:

Essentials of biblical studies.

Oxford scholarship online.

Essentials of biblical studies

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sin--Biblical teaching.

Sin.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Sin was an extremely important and serious concern for the earliest Christians and the authors of the New Testament writings. Early Christians came to see the life and ministry of Jesus as challenging presumptions about the meanings of sin and faithfulness. This text provides a comprehensive treatment of different understandings of sin in early Christianity. Jeffrey S. Siker describes how the earliest Christian voices represented in the New Testament writings understood 'sin' not only as a theological abstraction, but also as a real reflection upon human thought and behavior that violated right relationships with both other human beings and with God.

Contents:

Whatever happened to sin?

A taxonomy of sin in the New Testament worlds

Sin in the Gospel of Mark

Sin in the Gospel of Matthew

Sin in Luke-Acts

Sin in the Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles

Sin in the letters of Paul and Deutero-Paul

Sin in Hebrews, James, and 1 and 2 Peter

Sin in Jude, Revelation, and beyond

Sin then and now.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2020).

ISBN:

0-19-046576-X

0-19-046577-8

0-19-046575-1