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The Origin of Sin in Irenaeus and Jewish Pseudepigraphical Literature

The Origin of Sin in Irenaeus and Jewish Pseudepigraphical Literature THE ORIGIN OF SIN IN IRENAEUS AND JEWISH PSEUDEPI- GRAPHICAL LITERATURE BY D. R. SCHULTZ INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to argue that Irenaeus depended on an earlier Jewish tradition for the final formulation of his own ideas on sin and its origin. This earlier Jewish tradition is substantially available to us in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. For Irenae- us, the Old Testament Apocrypha belonged to the Biblical canon, but the article mainly focuses on pseudepigraphical material which even from Irenaeus's standpoint was non-Biblical. The motifs from this literature which shaped his thinking about sin and its origin were pseudepigraph- ical. The article does not aim at providing a new view concerning the mean- ing of sin in the theology of Irenaeus. Rather, it is the intention of the article only to identify the sources of Irenaeus's various statements about the origin of sin. Though the article explicitly concludes to Irenaeus's dependence on the pseudepigraphical tradition for his thinking about sin's origin, it raises the question of how dependent on such sources was the entire body of Patristic thought. An inquiry into Irenaeus's notions on sin reveals that he offers many and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vigiliae Christianae Brill

The Origin of Sin in Irenaeus and Jewish Pseudepigraphical Literature

Vigiliae Christianae , Volume 32 (3): 161 – Jan 1, 1978

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Brill
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© 1978 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0042-6032
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1570-0720
DOI
10.1163/157007278X00094
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THE ORIGIN OF SIN IN IRENAEUS AND JEWISH PSEUDEPI- GRAPHICAL LITERATURE BY D. R. SCHULTZ INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to argue that Irenaeus depended on an earlier Jewish tradition for the final formulation of his own ideas on sin and its origin. This earlier Jewish tradition is substantially available to us in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. For Irenae- us, the Old Testament Apocrypha belonged to the Biblical canon, but the article mainly focuses on pseudepigraphical material which even from Irenaeus's standpoint was non-Biblical. The motifs from this literature which shaped his thinking about sin and its origin were pseudepigraph- ical. The article does not aim at providing a new view concerning the mean- ing of sin in the theology of Irenaeus. Rather, it is the intention of the article only to identify the sources of Irenaeus's various statements about the origin of sin. Though the article explicitly concludes to Irenaeus's dependence on the pseudepigraphical tradition for his thinking about sin's origin, it raises the question of how dependent on such sources was the entire body of Patristic thought. An inquiry into Irenaeus's notions on sin reveals that he offers many and

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Published: Jan 1, 1978

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