Character Ethics and the Old Testament
Character Ethics and the Old Testament

Author: M. Daniel Carroll R.

Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0664229360

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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.

Family Portraits
Family Portraits

Author: Randy McCracken

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 1490811745

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Pastor and Bible teacher Randy McCracken offers an intimate look at lesser-known members of 1 and 2 Samuel's four main families--those of Samuel, Eli, Saul, and David. Examining characters unfamiliar to many Bible readers, he reveals important lessons for today.

Exploring People of the Old Testament
Exploring People of the Old Testament

Author: John Phillips

Publisher: Kregel Academic

Published: 2006-04-01

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 0825433843

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This inaugural volume in the John Phillips Bible Characters series provides a rich exposition of the lives of twenty-seven significant--and sometimes overlooked--people in the Old Testament. An excellent resource for pastors and teachers.

New Testament Characters
New Testament Characters

Author: Carolyn Nystrom

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2003-07-02

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780830830695

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Carolyn Nystrom introduces you to a blind beggar, a throwaway woman, a doubting disciple, and many other fascinating men and women of the New Testament. As you enter into their stories, you'll discover how Jesus can transform you too. They were ordinary people. Some were never even mentioned by name. Yet they were all touched by Jesus. In this ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, you will learn about the fascinating men and women of the New Testament. As you enter into their stories, you'll discover how you too can be touched by the Savior.

Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings
Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings

Author: Keith Bodner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0567680916

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This book is an examination of characters in the books of Kings; showing how understanding and interpretation of key characters affects readings of the story. The volume begins with more general pieces addressing how the study of characters can shed light on the composition history of Kings and on how characters and characterization can be considered with respect to ethics, particularly with respect to the moral complexity of biblical characters. Contributors then consider key characters within the Kings narrative in depth, such as Nathan, Bathsheba, Solomon and Jezebel. The contributors use their own specific expertise to analyze these characters and more, drawing on insights from literary theory and considering such approaches as questioning our view of a particular character with based on the character within the text with whom we identify. Contributors also assess whether or not characters as portrayed in the biblical text necessarily match up to their possible counterparts in history.

Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel
Character Studies in the Fourth Gospel

Author: Hunt, et al

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 0802873928

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Using various narrative approaches and methodologies, an international team of forty-four Johannine scholars here offers probing essays related to individual characters and group characters in the Gospel of John. These essays present fresh perspectives on characters who play a major role in the Gospel (Peter, Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman, Thomas, and many others), but they also examine characters who have never before been the focus of narrative analysis (the men of the Samaritan woman, the boy with the loaves and fishes, Barabbas, and more). Taken together, the essays shed new light on how complex and nuanced many of these characters are, even as they stand in the shadow of Jesus. Readers of this volume will be challenged to consider the Gospel of John anew.

Character Ethics and the New Testament
Character Ethics and the New Testament

Author: Robert L. Brawley

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2007-02-16

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13:

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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.

Christian Character
Christian Character

Author: Andrea Sterk

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 1999-01-22

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780830830541

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Compassion, humility, faith, perseverance. We long for the beauty of Christ to be reflected in our lives. Such character comes only as the Spirit of God transforms us through the Word of God. These Bible studies will help you become the person God created you to be.

Women of the Old Testament (Lifebuilder Study Guides)
Women of the Old Testament (Lifebuilder Study Guides)

Author: Gladys Hunt

Publisher: IVP

Published: 2018-05

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9781783597765

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We tend to think that Old Testament women lived in a suppressive environment, under a patriarchy in which they had few rights. But many of them made significant choices - leading people to freedom, daring to believe God for deliverance, taking real initiative - that changed history. Sarah, Miriam, Ruth, Rahab, Naomi, Abigail... here are studies on ordinary yet remarkable women whose lives demonstrate real courage and faithfulness.