Traditional crime and evil

The ancient Hebrew tradition developed a sense of guilt and humility. In the historical documents of ancient Hebrews, there are many records that human ancestors lost their paradise because of their crimes, and Jews, as "voters" of God, were punished for abandoning God. For people's autonomy, self-confidence and self-justification, there is an explanation of the suffering of the righteous and a refutation of self-righteousness in the Book of Job. This involves the ancient Hebrews' understanding of human suffering and God's justice. Just because of this "just" job, I have been wronged and heckled innocently. However, there is a deeper spiritual or religious understanding in the belief tradition of ancient Hebrew. The "justice" here is at the political level, that is, the "justice" in the relationship between people, but there is no such "justice" that the world is familiar with, demanding and accustomed to, so "virtue no longer promises happiness". The so-called "righteousness", "wisdom" and "grace" of God is another dimension, mysterious and sacred, which the world cannot measure. Therefore, this sense of guilt and humility in the ancient Hebrew tradition is to make people completely give up their self-righteous behavior and way of thinking, and realize the "finiteness" and "meanness" of people themselves. This is the fundamental reason why Job changed from injustice and heckling to silence and submission. Abandoning self-righteousness and admitting self-guilt has formed a long-standing "repentance consciousness" in Judaism and Christianity ~