Identity, Ethics, and Ethos in the New Testament
Identity, Ethics, and Ethos in the New Testament

Author: Jan G. van der Watt

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-02-13

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 3110893932

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The book deals with the relation between identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. The focus falls on the way in which the commandments or guidelines presented in the New Testament writings inform the behaviour of the intended recipients. The habitual behaviour (ethos) of the different Christian communities in the New Testament are plotted and linked to their identity. Apart from analytical categories like ethos, ethics, and identity that are clearly defined in the book, efforts are also made to broaden the specific analytical categories related to ethical material. The way in which, for instance, narratives, proverbial expressions, imagery, etc. inform the reader about the ethical demands or ethos is also explored.

Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics
Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-01-25

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 9004445722

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This volume explores key approaches to the method and study of biblical ethics of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament with an interdisciplinary focus.

Christ and Culture in the New Testament
Christ and Culture in the New Testament

Author: James W. Thompson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2023-04-04

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1666739480

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Believers in an increasingly secular world face the challenge of responding to the cultural changes that have taken place in the past generation, as Christians become a "cognitive minority," especially in the West. Some attempt to restore the Christian culture of the past with political activism, and others accommodate to the cultural changes. Christians in a post-Christian world can learn much from believers who lived in the pre-Christian period. The New Testament demonstrates that, in a pluralistic and syncretistic world of religions, Christian identity exists neither through absorption into the culture nor through total withdrawal but through dialogue and critique.

Hebrews (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)
Hebrews (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)

Author: James W. Thompson

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1441205152

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Hebrews, the second of eighteen volumes in the Paideia commentary series, brings the insight of a veteran teacher and writer to bear on a New Testament book whose rich imagery and memorable phrases have long shaped Christian discourse. The Paideia series approaches each text in its final, canonical form, proceeding by sense units rather than word-by-word or verse-by-verse. Each sense unit is explored in three sections: (1) introductory matters, (2) tracing the train of thought, (3) key hermeneutical and theological questions. The commentaries shed fresh light on the text while avoiding idiosyncratic readings, attend to theological meaning without presuming a specific theological stance in the reader, and show how the text uses narrative and rhetorical strategies from the ancient educational context to form and shape the reader.

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.

Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts
Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts

Author: Jan Willem van Henten

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-11-29

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9004237003

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In Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts experts from various fields analyze the process of transformation of early Christian ethics because of the ongoing interaction with Jewish, Greco-Roman and Christian traditions.

Restricted Generosity in the New Testament
Restricted Generosity in the New Testament

Author: Timothy J. Murray

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2019-02-22

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 316156474X

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La 4e de couverture indique : "In this monograph, Timothy J. Murray studies early Christian practices of financial generosity by examining when, why and how they restricted their generosity. He analyzes the New Testament in its social context, arguing that common cultural ideals of mutual support in a family were adopted by the fictive-family of the early church."

Philippians and Philemon (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)
Philippians and Philemon (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament)

Author: James W. Thompson

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 149340427X

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New in the Acclaimed Paideia Commentary Series Two respected senior New Testament scholars examine cultural context and theological meaning in Philippians and Philemon in this addition to the well-received Paideia series. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs, showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits, and making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly format. Students, pastors, and other readers will appreciate the historical, literary, and theological insight offered in this practical commentary.

Mimesis in the Johannine Literature
Mimesis in the Johannine Literature

Author: C. Bennema

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0567678415

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Mimesis is a fundamental and pervasive human concept, but has attracted little attention from Johannine scholarship. This is unsurprising, since Johannine ethics, of which mimesis is a part, has only recently become a fruitful area of research. Bennema contends that scholars have not yet identified the centre of Johannine ethics, admittedly due to the fact that mimesis is not immediately evident in the Johannine text because the usual terminology for mimesis is missing. This volume is the first organized study on the concept of mimesis in the Johannine literature. The aim of the study is to establish that mimesis is a genuine Johannine concept, to explain its particulars and to show that mimesis is integral to Johannine ethics. Bennema argues that Johannine mimesis is a cognitive, creative process that shapes the believer's identity and behaviour within the context of the divine family. Besides being instrumental in people's moral transformation, mimesis is also a vital mechanism for mediating the divine reality to people

The Essence of the Christian Worldview
The Essence of the Christian Worldview

Author: Matt DeLockery

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-04-28

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1666700789

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Every group within Christianity has its own opinions on what Christianity really is. But who’s right (if anyone)? With the letter to the Colossians, we have an opportunity to find an answer. Paul compares Christianity to another worldview and argues that Christianity is better. This book uses that comparison in order to understand Paul’s Christian worldview. In this book, you will also find answers to some very difficult questions. 1.What is God’s ultimate purpose for humanity? 2.Do we just do things because God told us to? 3.Why does Paul tell wives to obey their husbands? 4.Why does Paul tell slaves to obey their masters? 5.Why does God care what we do at all? 6.Why does God command these particular actions? 7.Why would we want to follow God’s commands anyway? 8.How does following God’s commands actually make us better people? Christianity is the point at which God acted through Christ to fix what was wrong with creation and bring the whole story to a different conclusion. In this book, you will see the big picture of Christianity and how all the dots connect—from start to finish.