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The Removal Of Sin In Second Temple Jewish Literature, Odiaka Walker
The Removal Of Sin In Second Temple Jewish Literature, Odiaka Walker
Master's Theses
Problem
This thesis explored the Second Temple literary background of the concept that Jesus appeared at the end of the ages to take away sin, in Heb 9:26. As such, the research question which guided the paper was: what did Old Testament and Intertestamental writers believe about the removal of sin at the end of the ages? The answer to this question infers other questions: who would remove sin? From where would sin be removed? How was sin defined? How would sin be removed? When would sin be removed (are there time specifications involved)?
Method
The terms ἀφαιρέω, ἀφίημι, ἀπαλείφω, …