Topic
Free account · your comment posts right after signup
Not who you're looking for? Others named Fear and trembling: book by Søren Kierkegaard · novel by Amélie Nothomb · 2003 film by Alain Corneau · episode of Fargo (S2 E4)
"Fear and trembling" is a phrase used throughout the Bible and the Tanakh, and in other Jewish literature. In Jewish writing, it commonly refers to the reaction of those facing superior military force, or of sinners fearing the imminent vengeance of God; in the New Testament, it is frequently used, especially by Paul the Apostle, to denote the reverence human beings should feel before God, or before a formidable task in his service. It was later adopted by John Calvin as part of his doctrine of salvation, and by John Henry Newman to indicate the appropriate reverence of Christian worshippers towards Christ and the sacraments.