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Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity
David J. Downs
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Hardback. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; HRCC1; HRCM; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726.
Christianity has often understood the death of Jesus on the cross as the sole means for forgiveness of sin. Despite this tradition, David Downs traces the early and sustained presence of yet another means by which Christians imagined atonement for sin: merciful care for the poor. In Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity , Downs begins by considering the economic context of almsgiving in the Greco-Roman world, a context in which the overwhelming reality of poverty cultivated the formation of relationships of reciprocity and solidarity. Downs then provides detailed examinations of almsgiving and the rewards associated ... Read more
Christianity has often understood the death of Jesus on the cross as the sole means for forgiveness of sin. Despite this tradition, David Downs traces the early and sustained presence of yet another means by which Christians imagined atonement for sin: merciful care for the poor. In Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity , Downs begins by considering the economic context of almsgiving in the Greco-Roman world, a context in which the overwhelming reality of poverty cultivated the formation of relationships of reciprocity and solidarity. Downs then provides detailed examinations of almsgiving and the rewards associated ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
726 g
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781602589971
SKU
V9781602589971
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About David J. Downs
David J. Downs is Associate Professor of New Testament Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Reviews for Alms: Charity, Reward, and Atonement in Early Christianity
A broad yet deep study of the atoning power of merciful action in ancient Judaism, the New Testament, and early Christianity, Alms is beautifully written and persuasively argued. Deposit this book in your library's treasury and generations of readers will be enriched.
Matthew W. Bates, Quincy University
OnScript Downs' work is a great contribution to scholarship on almsgiving ... Read more
Matthew W. Bates, Quincy University
OnScript Downs' work is a great contribution to scholarship on almsgiving ... Read more