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Cover of: Sin by Anderson, Gary A.
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Cover of: Sin by Anderson, Gary A.

Sin
a history
Gary A. Anderson.

Published 2009 by Yale University Press in New Haven, CT .
Written in English.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introducing the problem
What is a sin?
A burden to be borne
A debt to be repaid
Part II: Making payment on one's debt
Redemption and satisfaction of debts
Ancient creditors, bound laborers, and the sanctity of the land
Lengthening the term of debt
Loans and the Rabbinic sages
Early Christian thinking on the atonement
Part III: Balancing debts with virtue
Redeem your sins with alms
Salvation by works
A treasury in heaven
Why God became man.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
241/.309
Library of Congress
BL475.7 .A53 2009

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xv, 253 p
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23197417M
ISBN 10
0300149891
ISBN 13
9780300149890
LC Control Number
2009012342
Library Thing
9048473
Goodreads
6996909

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August 19, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
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May 15, 2009 Created by ImportBot Initial record created, from Library of Congress MARC record.