How Repentance Became Biblical

Winner of the AAR''s 2016 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual StudiesHow Repentance Became Biblical tells the story of repentance as a concept. Many today, in both secular and religious contexts, assume it to be a natural and inevitable component of our lives. But, where did it originate? How did it become so prominent within Western religious traditions and, by extension, conte...