Trying man, trying God : the divine courtroom in early Jewish and Christian literature / [manuscript] :
Meira Z. Kensky.
- T bingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, c2010.
- xiii, 379 p. ; 24 cm.
- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 289 .
- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament., 2. Reihe ; 289. .
Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-359) and indexes.
Introduction -- The divine courtroom in the Hebrew Bible -- The divine courtroom after life : order and chaos in Greek and Roman literature -- Books, angels, and scales, oh my : the divine courtroom in Second Temple Judaism -- Courtrooms without law : the tensions of Paul -- "Judge with just judgment" : the divine courtroom in the Gospels and Revelation -- "Righteous is the judgment of God" : the divine courtroom in early Christian literature -- The divine courtroom in Rabbinic literature -- Conclusion.
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Judgment of God--Biblical teaching. God (Christianity)--Righteousness. God (Judaism)--Righteousness.