How Repentance Became Biblical

How Repentance Became Biblical

Study of David Lambert’s book, How Repentance Became Biblical: Judaism, Christianity, and the Interpretation of Scripture – Where did the idea of repenting come from? Most of us grew up in religious cultures where repenting was the expected normal spiritual action needed to experience salvation. We accepted the process of soul-searching, acknowledging sin, regret and remorse, supplication…