The Old Testament and Ethics

The Old Testament and Ethics
Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441245677

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.

New Testament Theology

New Testament Theology
Author: Frank J. Matera
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 066423044X

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.

Old Testament Ethics for the People of God

Old Testament Ethics for the People of God
Author: Christopher J. H. Wright
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830827781

Christopher Wright examines a theological, social and economic framework for Old Testament ethics. Then he explores a variety of themes in relation to contemporary issues including economics, the land, the poor, politics, law and justice, and community.

Character Ethics and the New Testament

Character Ethics and the New Testament
Author: Robert L. Brawley
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2007-02-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

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.

The Moral Vision of the New Testament

The Moral Vision of the New Testament
Author: Richard Hays
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1996-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 006063796X

A leading expert in New Testament ethics discovers in the biblical witness a unified ethical vision -- centered in the themes of community, cross and new creation -- that has profound relevance in today's world. Richard Hays shows how the New Testament provides moral guidance on the most troubling ethical issues of our time, including violence, divorce, homosexuality and abortion. "Hays' passionately written book, with its bold agenda, has neither peer nor rival." --Leander E. Keck, Winkley Professor of Biblical Theology, Yale Divinity School "There are few people I would rather read for the actual exposition of the New Testament than Richard Hays. This book is filled with wonderful readings that not only inform us about how to think better about the so-called 'problem of the relation between the New Testament and ethics' but, even more, speak of how our lives should be lived in the light of Christ's cross. -Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Studies, Duke University Divinity School "Richard Hays has succeeded brilliantly in bringing New Testament studies, contemporary theology, and ethics into a deeply reflective conversation... Hays' point is that the New Testament norms the Christian life, and, with the help of imagination and metaphor, can address the moral conflicts of our time." --Ellen T. Charry, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University "This book isn't just a breath of fresh air. It's a hurricane, blowing away the fog of half-understood pseudo-morality and fashionable compromise, and revealing instead the early Christian vision of true humanness and genuine holiness. If this isn't a book for our time, I don't know what is." --N. T. Wright, author of The New Testament and the People of God

Imitating Jesus

Imitating Jesus
Author: Richard A. Burridge
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2007-10-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802844588

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 Foundations for Christian Ethics

New Testament Foundations for Christian Ethics
Author: Willi Marxsen
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780800627492

With critical awareness of the diversity of the New Testament witnesses, Marxsen carefully weighs the ethical and theological claims of these texts and assesses the ethics reflected in Jesus, the earliest Christian communities, Paul, and other aspects of New Testament social awareness.

New Testament Ethics

New Testament Ethics
Author: Frank J. Matera
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664225155

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.

The New Testament and Ethics

The New Testament and Ethics
Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441245669

This convenient text utilizes material from the well-received Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics to introduce students to the use of the New Testament for moral formation. This handy and affordable book-by-book survey of the New Testament contains key articles written by leading scholars and targeted to the needs of the classroom. It will serve as an excellent supplementary text in New Testament courses. The stellar list of contributors includes Robert Brawley, Bruce Chilton, Charles Cosgrove, David deSilva, Victor Paul Furnish, and Glen Harold Stassen.

New Testament Ethics

New Testament Ethics
Author: Richard B. Hays
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532657633

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.