Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father or Sins of the Fathers derives from Biblical references (primarily in the books Exodus, Deuteronomy, and Numbers) to the sins (or iniquities) of one generation passing to another. The idea has been conveyed paraphrastically into popular culture and may refer to:

Print

• The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South, 1912 novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
• The Sins of the Father (Jeffrey Archer novel), 2012
• Sins of the Father (Buffy novel), a 1999 novel based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Sins of the Father (Judge Anderson novel), a 2006 novel based on Anderson: Psi Division
• The Sins of the Fathers, alternative title of A New Lease of Death, 1967 novel by Ruth Rendell
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow: Sins of the Father, 2007 novel
• Sins of the Father, a 1991 novel by William Wright
• The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He Founded, a 1996 non-fiction book by Ronald Kessler
• "The Sins of the Father", a story arc of the 1999 comic book Anarky
• "The Sins of our Fathers", a 1970 analysis of the origins of The Troubles in Northern Ireland by Owen Dudley Edwards

Film

• Sins of the Fathers (1928 film), an American silent film
• Sins of the Fathers (1948 film), a Canadian film
• Sins of the Father (2002 film), a television drama by Robert Dornhelm

Television

• "Sins of the Father" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), 1990 series episode
• "Sins of the Father", a 1990 episode of the Inspector Morse television series
• "The Sins of Our Fathers", a 1989 episode of The Equalizer
• "The Sins of the Fathers", an episode of The Motorola Television Hour
• "The Sins of the Fathers", episode of the 1994 Spider-Man TV series
• "Sins of the Father," a 1997 episode of The New Batman Adventures
• "Sins of the Father", episode of the 2006 Robin Hood programme
• "The Sins of the Father", series episode of Merlin (series 2)
• "Sins of the Fathers", 2011 episode of Haven (season 2)
• "Sins of the Father", episode of NCIS (season 9)

Music

• "Sins of the Father", a 1992 song by Black Sabbath from Dehumanizer
• "Sins of the Father", a 2004 song by Tom Waits from Tom Waits Real Gone
• "Sins of the Father", a 2013 song by Donna Burke for the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain trailer
• "Sins of the Father", a 2015 song by Being As An Ocean from the self titled album "Being As An Ocean".

Other uses

• Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, a 1993 computer game

See also

• Sins of My Father (disambiguation)
• Sins of Our Fathers, a 1995 album by Andy Prieboy
• The Sins of the Children, a 1930 American early sound film
• Sins of the Mother (disambiguation)