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The T&T Clark Companion to the Doctrine of Sin provides a comprehensive treatment of the doctrine of sin. The Companion includes an examination of the biblical and rabbinic accounts of sin, and it provides accounts of sin and its effects offered by key theologians throughout Christian history. It also explores debates surrounding the implications of sin for various doctrines, including God,...

to be desired to make one wise’ (3:6). In other words, people do not sin simply because they doubt God’s character, but because sin is in some way attractive, alluring. In this context in particular, sin’s allure may be especially related to a misplaced desire for moral autonomy, the ability to determine right and wrong for oneself without reference to God. A significant number of commentators understand the ‘tree of the knowledge of good and evil’ to represent wisdom (note that it was ‘desirable
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