The thirteenth-century missionary effort of the Order of Preachers to convert Jews, Muslims and other non-Christians has been viewed by scholars as a manifestation of a “persecuting society.” Jeremy Cohen argues that the mendicants, under the direction of Friar Raymond of Peñafo…
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The present work seeks to explore the concept of teshuva, or repentance, in the rabbinic literature, with special attention to both the concept's evolution within the rabbinic period and its relationship to Biblical and Second Temple precedents. None of the three "classic" works…
The thesis of this dissertation is that one purpose of church discipline is to serve as a declaration of potential eschatological judgment both to warn offenders of their need to repent, and, by implication, to exhort the church members to persevere in their faith. It argues fro…
In recent scholarship there is a trend to understand Jesus' ministry chiefly in terms of the restoration of Israel, and thus his message of repentance and forgiveness has been construed primarily as a call to the nation corporately. This understanding, which challenges the tradi…
Chapters 4-14 of Hosea use a variety of metaphors to communicate their message of judgment and restoration. Due to this variety, questions of overall structure of Hosea 4-14 and the nature of restoration pictured therein have been debated. This thesis argues that the metaphor of…
Ezekiel declares a message of the renewal of the heart and spirit (Ezek 11; 14; 18) that is foundational to the theology of restoration in the Book of Ezekiel. This transformation addressed the external and internal corruptions of God’s people. The restorative promises of Ezekie…
This thesis assesses the mitigating impact of repentance upon the fixed punishments for brigandage (hiraba ), theft, and the accusation of fornication (qadhf ) under Islamic law, focusing on classical sources of Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir ), law (fiqh ), and legal theory (usul al…
Despite the central place of tawba in Islamic faith and practice, tawba has to date been the subject of very little serious academic research. The purpose of this study is to fill something of this scholarly lacuna by examining early Sufi approaches to this concept with a partic…