Introduction: The penitential lens -- Part I. Rites. Fasting and the artistry of distress -- The logic of appeal -- Articulating sin -- Part II. Language and pedagogy. A material "(re)turn to YHWH" -- Power and the prophetic utterance -- Part III. Religion. Agency and redemption -- The genealogy of repentance
Summary
'How Repentance Became Biblical' explores the rise of repentance as a concept within early forms of Judaism and Christianity and how it has informed the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. It develops alternative accounts for many of the ancient phenomena identified as penitential
