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How Repentance Became Biblical is an intellectually disturbing book in the best sense of the term. In this careful work of intellectual and cultural history Lambert demonstrates the extent to which readers, including scholars, have misunderstood critical aspects of the biblical worldview, culture, and practices by reading the concept of repentance into texts where it is not present. Biblical studies will be grappling with the implications of this transformative work for a long time. --Carol Newsom, Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Emory University In this methodologically sophisticated, profoundly learned, and lucidly written book, David Lambert problematizes the idea of 'repentance, ' arguing that it fully emerges not in the Hebrew Bible but in the Judaism of the last centuries BCE. This is an important work for students of the Hebrew Bible no less than for students of formative Judaism and Christianity. --Shaye J.D. Cohen, Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy Chair, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University In this sophisticated study, David Lambert argues that the Hebrew Bible did not originally contain the idea of repentance as now understood. Repentance is a creation of the Hellenistic age, found in Philo and Ben Sira, and later read back into the Hebrew Bible. Based on meticulous exegesis, this convincingly revisionist account deserves to be read by everyone interested in the theology and ethical practice of ancient Israel. --John Barton, Emeritus Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford

Groundbreaking...David Lambert s work has the potential to become integral to the forward motion of biblical studies. --The Biblical Review How Repentance Became Biblical is an intellectually disturbing book in the best sense of the term. In this careful work of intellectual and cultural history Lambert demonstrates the extent to which readers, including scholars, have misunderstood critical aspects of the biblical worldview, culture, and practices by reading the concept of repentance into texts where it is not present. Biblical studies will be grappling with the implications of this transformative work for a long time. --Carol Newsom, Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Emory University In this methodologically sophisticated, profoundly learned, and lucidly written book, David Lambert problematizes the idea of 'repentance, ' arguing that it fully emerges not in the Hebrew Bible but in the Judaism of the last centuries BCE. This is an important work for students of the Hebrew Bible no less than for students of formative Judaism and Christianity. --Shaye J.D. Cohen, Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy Chair, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University In this sophisticated study, David Lambert argues that the Hebrew Bible did not originally contain the idea of repentance as now understood. Repentance is a creation of the Hellenistic age, found in Philo and Ben Sira, and later read back into the Hebrew Bible. Based on meticulous exegesis, this convincingly revisionist account deserves to be read by everyone interested in the theology and ethical practice of ancient Israel. --John Barton, Emeritus Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford

Groundbreaking...David Lambert s work has the potential to become integral to the forward motion of biblical studies. --The Biblical Review How Repentance Became Biblical is an intellectually disturbing book in the best sense of the term. In this careful work of intellectual and cultural history Lambert demonstrates the extent to which readers, including scholars, have misunderstood critical aspects of the biblical worldview, culture, and practices by reading the concept of repentance into texts where it is not present. Biblical studies will be grappling with the implications of this transformative work for a long time. --Carol Newsom, Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Emory University In this methodologically sophisticated, profoundly learned, and lucidly written book, David Lambert problematizes the idea of 'repentance, ' arguing that it fully emerges not in the Hebrew Bible but in the Judaism of the last centuries BCE. This is an important work for students of the Hebrew Bible no less than for students of formative Judaism and Christianity. --Shaye J.D. Cohen, Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy Chair, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University In this sophisticated study, David Lambert argues that the Hebrew Bible did not originally contain the idea of repentance as now understood. Repentance is a creation of the Hellenistic age, found in Philo and Ben Sira, and later read back into the Hebrew Bible. Based on meticulous exegesis, this convincingly revisionist account deserves to be read by everyone interested in the theology and ethical practice of ancient Israel. --John Barton, Emeritus Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford The invigorating discussion and innovative analysis holds potential to significantly impact the field of biblical studies... highly recommended. -- The Biblical Review

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David Lambert is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches courses on the Hebrew Bible and its history of interpretation. He received his undergraduate and graduate training at Harvard University in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

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