Sin in the New Testament

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of different understandings of sin in early Christianity.

List of contents

• Preface


• Chapter 1: Whatever Happened to Sin?


• Chapter 2: A Taxonomy of Sin in the New Testament Worlds


• Chapter 3: Sin in the Gospel of Mark


• Chapter 4: Sin in the Gospel of Matthew


• Chapter 5: Sin in Luke-Acts


• Chapter 6: Sin in the Gospel of John and the Johannine Epistles


• Chapter 7: Sin in the Letters of Paul and Deutero-Paul


• Chapter 8: Sin in Hebrews, James, and 1 and 2 Peter


• Chapter 9: Sin in Jude, Revelation, and Beyond


• Chapter 10: Sin Then and Now


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Dr. Jeffrey S. Siker has taught at Loyola Marymount University since 1987 in the areas of New Testament, early Jewish/Christian relations, the Bible and Ethics, and the history of biblical interpretation. Dr. Siker has been awarded research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Catholic Biblical Association, the Wabash Center, and has been a Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem. Dr. Siker is an active Presbyterian minister. He is married to Judy Siker, herself a biblical scholar and PCUSA minister, and together they have five grown children.

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of different understandings of sin in early Christianity.

Additional text

This book is crisply and lucidly written...The book includes a substantial bibliography, along with indexes of Scripture passages and topics.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Siker, Jeffrey (Professor of New Testament and Ear Siker, Jeffrey (Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity Siker
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780190465742
• ISBN: 978-0-19-046574-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Essentials of Biblical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; BIBLES / General, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics, History of Religion, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, The Early Church, Biblical Studies & Exegesis