Evil Within and Without: The Source of Sin and Its Nature as Portrayed in Second Temple Literature

By Miryam Brand

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 t

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 352535407X
• ISBN13: 9783525354070
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"