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Old Testament Ethics for the People of God

Author : Christopher J.H. Wright
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830864942

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Old Testament Ethics for the People of God by Christopher J.H. Wright Pdf

Nothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Some faithful readers struggle through its pages and conclude that they must obey its moral laws but may disregard its ceremonial and civil laws. Others abandon its teaching altogether in favor of a strictly New Testament ethic. Neither option, argues Chris Wright, gives the Old Testament its due. In this innovative approach to Old Testament ethics--fully revised, updated and expanded since its first appearance in 1983 as Living as the People of God (An Eye for an Eye in North America) and including material from Walking in the Ways of the Lord--Wright examines a theological, social and economic framework for Old Testament ethics. Then he explores a variety of themes in relation to contemporary issues: economics, the land and the poor; politics and a world of nations; law and justice; society and culture; and the way of the individual. This fresh, illuminating study provides a clear basis for a biblical ethic that is faithful to the God of both Testaments.

Character Ethics and the New Testament

Author : Robert L. Brawley
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123293198

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Character Ethics and the New Testament by Robert L. Brawley Pdf

Throughout the New Testament, the Gospel stories, the sayings of Jesus, and the writings of Paul not only teach a way of life that requires individuals to be moral but they demonstrate how. In biblical studies, character ethics has been one of the fastest-growing areas of interest. Whereas ethics usually studies rules of behavior, character ethics focuses on how people are formed to be moral agents in the world. Here editor Robert Brawley presents the most up-to-date academic work in New Testament character ethics, covering topics throughout the Gospels and Paul, as well as focusing on the essential topics of forgiveness, reconciliation, politics, and peacemaking. In addition to Brawley, contributors are C. Clifton Black, Neil Elliott, Jens Herzer, L. Ann Jervis, Sylvia C. Keesmat, Jae Won Lee, J. Clinton McCann Jr., Elna Mouton, C. Drew Smith, Glen Stassen, Willard M. Swartley, Allen Verhey, and Jinseong Woo.

New Testament Theology and Ethics

Author : Ben Witherington III
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 865 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899838

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New Testament Theology and Ethics by Ben Witherington III Pdf

All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief." Having completed commentaries on all of the New Testament books, a remarkable feat in itself, Witherington now offers the first of a two-volume set on the theological and ethical thought world of the New Testament. The first volume looks at the individual witnesses, while the second examines the collective witness. The New Testament, says Ben Witherington, is "like a smallish choir. All are singing the same cantata, but each has an individual voice and is singing its own parts and notes. If we fail to pay attention to all the voices in the choir, we do not get the entire effect. . . . If this first volume is about closely analyzing the sheet music left to us by which each musician's part is delineated, the second volume will attempt to re-create what it might have sounded like had they ever gotten together and performed their scores to produce a single masterful cantata." What the New Testament authors have in mind, Witherington contends, is that all believers should be conformed in thought, word and deed to the image of Jesus Christ--the indelible image.

New Testament Theology

Author : Frank J. Matera
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664230449

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New Testament Theology by Frank J. Matera Pdf

In this systematic, book-by-book exploration of the theology of each New Testament writing, Frank J. Matera explores theological diversity and unity in the writings of the New Testament. After an introduction to the history and method of New Testament theology, he explains and describes the theologies of the Synoptic, Pauline, and Johannine traditions, as well as the rich theology of other New Testament voices: Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and the book of Revelation. Integrating both Protestant and Catholic approaches, this work provides students, pastors, and scholars a comprehensive view of the New Testament that is rich in exegetical and theological insight.

Ethics and the New Testament

Author : J. L. Houlden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567559869

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Ethics and the New Testament by J. L. Houlden Pdf

For centuries Christians have referred to the New Testament for guidance on moral conduct. But did the writers of the New Testament themselves agree on such questions as divorce, political obedience, wealth and the toleration of other religions? And have their often inconsistent views any relevance today? In Ethics and the New Testament, the author applies strict critical standards to the Gospels, epistles and other writings, which he examines in historical perspective. His explanation of contemporary attitudes-including gnosticism-helps to clarify the striking moral differences between Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, James and Paul. He attempts to discern the ethical standards and teachings of Jesus which are sometimes hidden in the present Biblical texts. And finally, he relates the moral injunctions of Christianity's central text to the modern age.

Imitating Jesus

Author : Richard A. Burridge
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802844583

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Imitating Jesus by Richard A. Burridge Pdf

In contrast to many studies of New Testament ethics, which treat the New Testament in general and Paul in particular, this book focuses on the person of Jesus himself. Richard Burridge maintains that imitating Jesus means following both his words -- which are very demanding ethical teachings -- and his deeds and example of being inclusive and accepting of everyone. Burridge carefully and systematically traces that combination of rigorous ethical instruction and inclusive community through the letters of Paul and the four Gospels, treating specific ethical issues pertaining to each part of Scripture. The book culminates with a chapter on apartheid as an ethical challenge to reading the New Testament; using South Africa as a contemporary case study enables Burridge to highlight and further apply his previous discussion and conclusions.

New Testament Ethics

Author : Frank J. Matera
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664225152

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New Testament Ethics by Frank J. Matera Pdf

Neither Jesus nor Paul developed a formal ethical system, yet each left a moral legacy that forms the core of New Testament ethics. In this book, Frank Matera examines the ethic found in the teachings of Jesus and Paul. He explores the broad range of moral concerns found in these writings and finds an identifiable unity that underlies the ethical teachings of both.

New Testament Social Ethics for Today

Author : Richard N. Longenecker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802819923

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New Testament Social Ethics for Today by Richard N. Longenecker Pdf

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. To answer the question of what role the New Testament should play in the formation and expression of Christian social morality today, Richard Longenecker here proposes a developmental hermeneutic, which distinguishes between "declared principles" and "described practices" in the New Testament writings. With this distinction in mind, he focuses on the three couplets of Galatians 3:28 -- "neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female" -- showing how these matters were treated in early Christian thought and explaining their meaning for us today. In so doing, Longenecker lays a hermeneutical foundation for the much larger discussion of Christian social ethics.

Moral Vision of the New Testament

Author : Richard Hays
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567085694

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Moral Vision of the New Testament by Richard Hays Pdf

Richard Hays explores the ethical values and dynamics with which Jesus himself lived to show how the New Testament provides challenging moral guidance on some of the most important contemporary ethical issues.

Toward Old Testament Ethics

Author : Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310371112

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Toward Old Testament Ethics by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. Pdf

Providing exegetical principles for the study of Old Testament ethics, this volume examines 'moral' texts of the Old Testament, and explores the content of Old Testament ethics and its meaning to believers today. It can be used quite effectively as a textbook for Ethics in the Old Testament.

Understanding Old Testament Ethics

Author : John Barton
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664225969

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Understanding Old Testament Ethics by John Barton Pdf

Written by one of the world's most widely respected biblical scholars, this volume sets out detailed recommendations for the future of the discipline.

Character Ethics and the Old Testament

Author : M. Daniel Carroll R.,Jacqueline E. Lapsley
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664229368

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Character Ethics and the Old Testament by M. Daniel Carroll R.,Jacqueline E. Lapsley Pdf

Throughout the Old Testament, the stories, laws, and songs not only teach a way of life that requires individuals to be moral, but they demonstrate how. In biblical studies, character ethics has been one of the fastest-growing areas of interest. Whereas ethics usually studies rules of behavior, character ethics focuses on how people are formed to be moral agents in the world. This book presents the most up-to-date academic work in Old Testament character ethics, covering topics throughout the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings, in addition to the use of the Bible in the modern world. In addition to Carroll and Lapsley, contributors are Denise M. Ackermann, Cheryl B. Anderson, Samuel E. Balentine, William P. Brown, Walter Brueggemann, Thomas B. Dozeman, Bob Ekblad, Jose Rafael Escobar R., Theodore Hiebert, Kathleen O'Connor, Dennis T. Olson, J. David Pleins, Luis R. Rivera Rodriguez, J. J. M. Roberts, and Daniel L. Smith-Christopher.

The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics

Author : Hector Avalos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1909697737

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The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics by Hector Avalos Pdf

Did Jesus ever do anything wrong? Judging by the vast majority of books on New Testament ethics, the answer is a resounding No. Writers on New Testament ethics generally view Jesus as the paradigm of human standards and behaviour. But since the his-torical Jesus was a human being, must he not have had flaws, like everyone else? The notion of a flawless human Jesus is a paradoxical oddity in New Testament ethics. According to Avalos, it shows that New Testament ethics is still primarily an apologetic enterprise de-spite its claim to rest on critical and historical scholarship. The Bad Jesus is a powerful and challenging study, presenting de-tailed case studies of fundamental ethical principles enunciated or practised by Jesus but antithetical to what would be widely deemed 'acceptable' or 'good' today. Such topics include Jesus' supposedly innovative teachings on love, along with his views on hate, violence, imperialism, animal rights, environmental ethics, Judaism, women, disabled persons and biblical hermeneutics. After closely examining arguments offered by those unwilling to find any fault with the Jesus depicted in the Gospels, Avalos concludes that current treatments of New Testament ethics are permeated by a religiocentric, ethnocentric and imperialistic orientation. But if it is to be a credible historical and critical dis-cipline in modern academia, New Testament ethics needs to discover both a Good and a Bad Jesus.

New Testament Ethics

Author : Richard B. Hays
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532657634

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New Testament Ethics by Richard B. Hays Pdf

In these lectures, as in his writings, Hays' passion for getting the story right and his conviction that Christians today are part of that story, become apparent. Our "getting it right" has to do not only with intellectual interests and rigour, but with the truthful practices of today's Christians.

The Old Testament and Ethics

Author : Joel B. Green,Jacqueline E. Lapsley
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441245670

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The Old Testament and Ethics by Joel B. Green,Jacqueline E. Lapsley Pdf

The acclaimed Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (DSE), written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, offered needed orientation and perspective on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics. This book-by-book survey of the Old Testament features key articles from the DSE, bringing together a stellar list of contributors to introduce students to the use of the Old Testament for moral formation. It will serve as an excellent supplementary text. The stellar list of contributors includes Bruce Birch, Mark Boda, William Brown, Stephen Chapman, Daniel Harrington, and Dennis Olson.