The Use of the Bible in Christian Ethics
The Use of the Bible in Christian Ethics

Author: Thomas W. Ogletree

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780664227562

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In this book, Thomas Ogletree seeks to establish common ground between biblical understandings and contemporary ethical inquiry. Drawing upon phenomenological investigations, he criticizes and modifies some of the most prominent conceptions of ethics, and moves toward a more coherent and comprehensive ethical theory. Guided by this theory, he critically engages selected biblical treatments of the moral life, placing special emphasis on biblical accounts of eschatology in its import for the ordered life of emerging Christian communities.

The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts
The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts

Author: Guy D. Nave

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9789004126947

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This book explores the central function of the concept "repentance" in the narrative structure and implied social world of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, and provides an excellent synthesis and analysis of the usage of "repent" and "repentance" in Classical, Hellenistic, Hellenistic Jewish, and early Christian literature. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Scripture and Traditions
Scripture and Traditions

Author: Patrick Gray

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 9004167471

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This volume contains twenty-two essays in honor of Carl R. Holladay, whose work on the interaction between early Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism has had a considerable impact on the study of the New Testament. The essays are grouped into three sections: Hellenistic Judaism; the New Testament in Context; and the History of Interpretation. Among the contributions are essays dealing with conversion in Greek-speaking Judaism and Christianity; 3 Maccabees as a narrative satire; retribution theology in Luke-Acts; church discipline in Matthew; the Exodus and comparative chronology in Jewish and patristic writings; corporal punishment in ancient Israel and early Christianity; and Die Judenfrage and the construction of ancient Judaism.

Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts
Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts

Author: Philip Francis Esler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1989-11-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780521388733

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In this widely-acclaimed study, Dr Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke Acts' theology as a response to social and political pressures upon the Christian community for whom he was writing. As well as interesting those concerned with recent developments in New Testament scholarship, Esler's book offers a New Testament paradigm for those interested in generating a theology attuned to the social and political realities affecting contemporary Christian congregations.

Consumption and Wealth in Luke's Travel Narrative
Consumption and Wealth in Luke's Travel Narrative

Author: James A. Metzger

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9004162615

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While several recent studies have suggested that the Gospel of Luke recommends generous almsgiving or a relatively benign sharing ethic that mimics existing redistibutive measures in early Roman Palestine, this book argues that a much more subversive reading of the Gospel's wealth and possessions traditions is defensible.

Stewardship and Almsgiving in Luke's Theology
Stewardship and Almsgiving in Luke's Theology

Author: Kyoung-Jin Kim

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1998-03-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0567596125

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This book starts with questions concerning Luke's idea of the relationship between wealth and discipleship. Previous attempts have not succeeded in reconciling the ideas of wealth and poverty with the theme of discipleship in Luke's theology. This failure motivates Kim to investigate a new paradigm, namely stewardship. Reviewing the wide range of material regarding wealth and poverty in Luke-Acts, he concludes that for Luke a proper way for Christians as stewards to use their wealth is almsgiving in the interests of the poor and needy inside and outside the community.

Luke's Wealth Ethics
Luke's Wealth Ethics

Author: Christopher M. Hays

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9783161502699

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Christopher M. Hays addresses the apparent incongruity in Luke's ethical paraenesis and argues that Luke's Gospel depicts a spectrum of behaviors which actualize the basic principle of renunciation of all. --Book Jacket.

The Conclusion of Luke-Acts
The Conclusion of Luke-Acts

Author: Charles B. Puskas

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1556352352

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The conclusion of Luke-Acts is regarded as one of the most important chapters of Luke's two-volume work. Several significant Lukan themes are found in Acts 28, all of which make some contribution to the purpose and aim of the author in writing Luke-Acts: the Gentile mission, the triumph of God's Word, and the relationship of Christianity with Judaism and Rome. Acts 28 contains many historical problems that have been debated for centuries, including the we statements, the figure of Paul in Acts 28, and the abrupt-ending. Puskas compares the conclusion of Acts with other important chapters of Luke-Acts: the introduction of the Gospel, the conclusion of Acts, the defense of Paul chapters, as well as other passages. In this significant chapter of Acts 28 there are still fundamental problems of exegesis that need to be addressed: What is the literary function of Acts 28? What is Luke trying to tell his readers in the text?

Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 2
Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 2

Author: Craig S. Keener

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 3805

ISBN-13: 144124039X

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Highly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary available. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this work sets Acts in its first-century context. In this volume, the second of four, Keener continues his detailed exegesis of Acts, utilizing an unparalleled range of ancient sources and offering a wealth of fresh insights. This magisterial commentary will be an invaluable resource for New Testament professors and students, pastors, Acts scholars, and libraries.

A Theology of the New Testament
A Theology of the New Testament

Author: George Eldon Ladd

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1993-09-02

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 9780802806802

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Ladd's magisterial work on New Testament theology has well served scores of seminary students since 1974. Now this comprehensive, standard evangelical text has been carefully revised by Hagner to include an update of Ladd's survey of the history of the field of New Testament theology, an augmented bibliography, and an entirely new subject index.