First published in 1903, this book is a historical study of the sources and development of the doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin. It was written as the companion volume to The Origin and Propagation of Sin, in which the author supplied a critical analysis of the topic. Dealing with the sources of the Hebrew Fall-story and the propagation, from this narrative, of Jewish and Christian theories relating to human sinfulness, it gathers together a broad array of literature for use by the student of theology. The text is consummately edited and contains exhaustive notes, together with a large...
First published in 1903, this book is a historical study of the sources and development of the doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin. It was written ...
This book is the 1906 second edition of the Hulsean Lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge between 1901 and 1902. In these four lectures, F. R. Tennant challenges conventional teachings on Original Sin and the story of the Fall, arguing that his contemporaries had misinterpreted the biblical presentation of sin and its manifestations. Tennant aims to redefine the sin of both the race and the individual, and in doing so engages with traducianism and the philosophies of Malebranche, Kant and Hegel. He argues that action predates modern conceptions of right and wrong, and that...
This book is the 1906 second edition of the Hulsean Lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge between 1901 and 1902. In these four lectures, F...
