Product Description
by David J. Shepherd (Editor), Richard S. Briggs (Editor)
In a world in which genuine forgiveness seems as rare a commodity as ever, this collection of essays offers an opportunity to explore where and in what forms forgiveness may be found in the Hebrew Bible--a text which is foundational for Western religions and the cultures they have influenced over the last two millennia. In the wake of renewed interest in forgiveness in antiquity and recent suggestions that it bears little resemblance to modern conceptions, this book investigates the ways in which the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament itself conceptualizes forgiveness. How and in what ways does God forgive? Where, if at all, do we see reconciliation between people in the Old Testament, and what does it look like?
Author Biography
Richard S. Briggs is the Principal of Lindisfarne College of Theology, in Durham and Newcastle, England, where he teaches Old Testament, preaching, and leadership. He is the author of Theological Hermeneutics and the Book of Numbers as Christian Scripture (UNDP, 2018) and The Lord is My Shepherd: Psalm 23 for the Life of the Church (Baker, 2021).