Brand, Miryam
Evil Within and Without

The Source of Sin and Its Nature as Portrayed in Second Temple Literature.

Miryam T. Brand explores how texts of the Second Temple period address the theological problem of the existence of sin and describe the source of human sin. By surveying the relevant Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as the works of Philo and (where relevant) Josephus, the study determines the extent to which texts' presentation of sin is influenced by genre and sectarian identification and identifies central worldviews regarding sin in the Second Temple period. 331 Seiten, gebunden (Journal of ancient Judaism. Supplements; Vol. 9/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2013) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear