The Sources of the Doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin

by F. R. Tennant

• ISBN13: 9780521236331
• ISBN10: 0521236339
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

First published in 1903, this book is a historical study of the sources and development of the doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin. It was written as the companion volume to The Origin and Propagation of Sin, in which the author supplied a critical analysis of the topic. Dealing with the sources of the Hebrew Fall-story and the propagation, from this narrative, of Jewish and Christian theories relating to human sinfulness, it gathers together a broad array of literature for use by the student of theology. The text is consummately edited and contains exhaustive notes, together with a large index of names and religious passages. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in religious history or theology.

Table of Contents

The Fall-story and its exegesis

The ethnological origin and relations of the Fall story

The psychological origin of the Fall-story: its relation to history, allegory and myth

The preparation in the Old Testament for a doctrine of the fall and Original Sin

The teaching of Ecclesiasticus on sin and the Fall

The preparation for the doctrine of the Fall in Alexandrian Judaism

The Fall and Original Sin in Rabbinical literature

The Fall and Original Sin in Jewish pseudopigraphic literature

The Fall and Original Sin in Jewish pseudopigraphic literature (continued)

The growth of the doctrine of the Fall, and of its elements, Jewish literature as a whole

S. Paul's doctrine of the Fall

The doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin in the fathers before Augustine

The doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin in the fathers before Augustine (continued); Additions and corrections

Index of passages

Index of authors

Index of subjects

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