
Post-mortem Divine Retribution
A Study in the Hebrew Bible and Select Second Temple Jewish Literature Compared with Aspects of Divine Retribution in Deuteronomy
Angukali Rotokha(Author)
Langham Monographs (Publisher)
Published on 31. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-1-83973-605-6 (ISBN)
Description
While a Christian understanding of divine judgement tends to focus on the afterlife, the Hebrew Bible is far more concerned with divine retribution as something experienced in this life. Yet if the same God enacts both, should there not be significant continuity between biblical accounts of divine retribution, whether experienced in this world or the hereafter?
In this study, Dr. Angukali Rotokha provides an overview of Old Testament and Second Temple sources that express conceptions of post-mortem judgement. Alongside these passages, she examines the perspective on judgement presented in Deuteronomy, with its orientation towards divine retribution as experienced on this side of death. She explores Deuteronomy's varying emphases on the impersonal, anthropocentric, theocentric, and limited aspects of divine retribution, as well as the relevance of these conceptions to the descriptions of post-mortem judgement found in Isaiah, Daniel, 1 Enoch, and 2 Maccabees. In clarifying points of continuity and discontinuity between earthly and post-mortem divine retribution, she provides a foundation for deeper insight into the Judeo-Christian understanding of both God's judgement and God's grace.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlisle
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Langham Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
471 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83973-605-6 (9781839736056)
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Post-mortem Divine Retribution
A Study in the Hebrew Bible and Select Second Temple Jewish Literature Compared with Aspects of Divine Retribution in Deuteronomy
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ANGUKALI ROTOKHA has a PhD in Old Testament Studies from South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, Bangalore, India. She has also authored commentaries on 1 Samuel and Daniel for the South Asia Bible Commentary.