God and Human Wholeness: Perfection in Biblical and Theological Tradition (Biblia.com)

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The language of perfection crops up regularly in the Bible, from Noah ("a just man and perfect in his generations," KJV) to Jesus ("be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect," NRSV). Is flawless behavior what God expects, the only standard of righteousness that can satisfy him? Jewish tradition has long questioned this Christian assumption. Since Sanders and the New Perspective on...

To get to the bottom of this, we will have to dig more deeply into the meaning of the two main Hebrew roots in these texts.

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