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How Does Almsgiving Purge Sins?
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tThis chapter discusses the idioms for cleansing or purging function in Second Temple Hebrew. It articulates the author's basic thesis about the evolution of the biblical metaphor for sin. A debt is an obligation that one owes to another. The idiom of sin as a debt allows for a striking new idea to emerge in Israelite religion: the ability to reduce or even eliminate one's culpability by accumulating merits. This is illustrated quite well in rabbinic literature. But one need not wait until Talmudic times to see this concept at work. One can witness the notion of the accumulation of credits already in Dan 4:24. In this text, Daniel gives King Nebuchadnezzar this piece of advice: Redeem your sins by almsgiving and your iniquities by generosity to the poor. Keywords: almsgiving; debt; Israelite religion; King Nebuchadnezzar; Second Temple Hebrew; sin
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“Daniel 4:24 and the Hebrew copy of Tobit are the earliest witnesses to צדקה as 'almsgiving'.”
From ‘Between righteousness and alms’ in Tobit: What was the author’s real intention? (2020) · cites this paper as Anderson 2013:1
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‘Between righteousness and alms’ in Tobit: What was the author’s real intention?
Evans, A. H. (2020) · HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies · doi:10.4102/hts.v76i4.6136
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- Authors
- Anderson, G. A.
- Corresponding author
- Anderson, Gary A.
- ORCID
- Anderson, Gary A.
- Venue
- Hebrew in the Second Temple Period
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2013-01-01
- Pages
- 1-14
- OpenAlex
- W2337164019
- Cited by
- 3
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- 0
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- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1
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- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Keywords
- almsgiving, sin, Israelite religion, rabbinic literature, Talmud, Nebuchadnezzar, biblical metaphor
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