Trying man, trying God
Subtitle: the divine courtroom in early Jewish and Christian literature
By: Meira Z. Kensky
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 289; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 289.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9783161504099
Subjects: Righteousness; God (Christianity); Judgment of God; Biblical teaching; God (Judaism)
Notes: Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-359) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The divine courtroom in the Hebrew Bible; title: The divine courtroom after life : order and chaos in Greek and Roman literature; title: Books, angels, and scales, oh my : the divine courtroom in Second Temple Judaism; title: Courtrooms without law : the tensions of Paul; title: "Judge with just judgment" : the divine courtroom in the Gospels and Revelation; title: "Righteous is the judgment of God" : the divine courtroom in early Christian literature; title: The divine courtroom in Rabbinic literature; title: Conclusion.