Forgiveness in the intertestamental period

Abstract

The article suggests answers to the following questions: what are the characteristics of God�s forgiveness in the intertestamental literature and what connection do these characteristics have with the Old Testament? Important passages in the late Second Temple period that expose the characteristics of God�s forgiveness, such as certain Qumran texts (1QH 12:35�37, 1QH 13:2 and the Damascus Document 14:18�19), the writings of Philo and Josephus, the Apocrypha and the Pseudepigrapha, are investigated for this purpose.

Keywords

• Forgiveness
• Intertestamental Period
• Qumran
• Philo: Josephus
• Apocrypha
• Pseudepigrapha