Johannine Ethics
Johannine Ethics

Author: Christopher W. Skinner

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1506438466

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The Gospel and epistles of John are commonly overlooked in discussions of New Testament ethics, often seen as of only limited value. Here, prominent scholars present varying perspectives on the surprising relevance and importance of the explicit imperatives and implicit moral perspective of the Johannine literature. The introduction sets out four major approaches to Johannine ethics today; a concluding essay takes stock of the wide-ranging discussion and suggest prospects for future study.

A Grammar of the Ethics of John
A Grammar of the Ethics of John

Author: Jan G. van der Watt

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 3161589424

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Jan G. van der Watt analyses in detail the ethics of John's letters against their respective socio-historical backgrounds. He then compares the ethics of the Gospel and Letters, showing that the basic core narrative overlaps in these writings, althoiugh some ethical matrial is applied in different ways to different situations. A rich ethical landscape is revealed, addressing issues like the importance ofinterpersonal relations, which results in co-operation through mutual love. The author shows that the focus in 1 John is pastoral, aiming at convincing the addressees not to be deceived by their schismatics but to strengthen their relationships with the eyewitness group. In 2 John, advice is given about visitors who threaten the church with false teachings, while 3 John deals with a conflict about receiving travelling missionaries. In both cases ethical guidelines are given which aim at protecting the group. -- Volume 2 Dust-Jactet Inside front Flap.

Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity
Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity

Author: Susan J. Wendel

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1467446289

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Explores the relationship between the Mosaic law and early Christian ethics In this volume thirteen respected scholars explore the relationship between the Mosaic law and early Christian ethics, examining early Christian appropriation of the Torah and looking at ways in which the law continued to serve as an ethical reference point for Christ-believers — whether or not they thought Torah observance was essential. These noteworthy essays compare differences in interpretation and application of the law between Christians and non-Christian Jews; investigate ways in which Torah-inspired ethical practices helped Christ-believing communities articulate their distinct identities and social responsibilities; and look at how presentations of the law in early Christian literature might inform Christian social and ethical practices today. Posing a unified set of questions to a diverse range of texts, Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity will stimulate new thinking about a complex phenomenon commonly overlooked by scholars and church leaders alike.

Biblical Ethics
Biblical Ethics

Author: Thomas Buford Maston

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780865540514

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Ethics in the Gospel of John
Ethics in the Gospel of John

Author: Sookgoo Shin

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 9004387439

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In Ethics in the Gospel of John Sookgoo Shin seeks to challenge the dominant scholarly view of John’s ethics as an ineffective and unhelpful companion for moral formation. In order to demonstrate the relevance of John’s ethics, Shin argues that the development of discipleship in John’s Gospel should be understood as moral progress, which was a well-known moral concept in the ancient Mediterranean world. Having drawn an ethical model from the writings of Plutarch, this study aims to identify the undergirding ethical dynamic that shapes John’s moral structure by bringing out the implicit ethical elements that are embedded throughout John’s narratives, and thus suggests a way to read the whole Gospel ethically and appreciatively of its literary characteristics.

Creation, Matter and the Image of God
Creation, Matter and the Image of God

Author: Dorothy A. Lee

Publisher: ATF Press

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1925679276

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This book gathers together a selection of essays and articles by the author that have as their main focus the Gospel of John. They explore the symbolism of the text and the way it communicates key Johannine themes, using a narrative critical approach, with attention to the theology emerging from the literary structures. The contents employ but also seek to move beyond critical methodology to a perspective that takes seriously feminist studies, as well as Eastern Orthodox theological emphasis on the integrity of creation.

The Fourth Gospel and the Manufacture of Minds in Ancient Historiography, Biography, Romance, and Drama
The Fourth Gospel and the Manufacture of Minds in Ancient Historiography, Biography, Romance, and Drama

Author: Tyler Smith

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-03-27

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 9004396047

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The Fourth Gospel and the Manufacture of Minds in Ancient Historiography, Biography, Romance, and Drama is the first book-length study of genre and character cognition in the Gospel of John. Informed by traditions of ancient literary criticism and the emerging discipline of cognitive narratology, Tyler Smith argues that narrative genres have generalizable patterns for representing cognitive material and that this has profound implications for how readers make sense of cognitive content woven into the narratives they encounter. After investigating conventions for representing cognition in ancient historiography, biography, romance, and drama, Smith offers an original account of how these conventions illuminate the Johannine narrative’s enigmatic cognitive dimension, a rich tapestry of love and hate, belief and disbelief, recognition and misrecognition, understanding and misunderstanding, knowledge, ignorance, desire, and motivation.

Come and See
Come and See

Author: Brown, Sherri

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1587688778

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Come and See explores the invitations and imperatives embedded across the Gospel of John as the Fourth Evangelist draws audiences into his story of the good news. Through both narration and the direct calls of Jesus to those he encounters, characters in the Gospel and audiences of the Gospel are beckoned to deeper relationship with God through Jesus and challenged to open themselves to what God is doing in their lives right now.

Christology, Soteriology, and Ethics in John and Hebrews
Christology, Soteriology, and Ethics in John and Hebrews

Author: R. G. William Loader

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2022-02-16

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 3161610113

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This volume brings together essays on John and Hebrews by William R. G. Loader. Beside his monographs on John and Hebrews are numerous contributions to journals, conference volumes, and Festschriften, of which a representative selection is gathered here into a single volume. They discuss how these writings portray Jesus and his significance and deal with continuity and discontinuity with Israel's tradition, as well as address the ethical issues which these texts raise and also evoke.