Why Repentance Affects Divine Punishment but Not Human Punishment?

The aim of the discussion in this article is to explore two different Rabbinic explanations for the status of repentance in human and divine punishment, and to emphasize the essential distinction between them. According to the first explanation the source of accepting repentance is divine mercy upon...

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Main Author: Shafat, Shoval (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of law, religion and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 96-115
Further subjects:B Rabbinic Literature midrash Talmud repentance punishment Jewish penal law Roman courts
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)