| Description |
1 online resource (<2> volumes) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Summary of Contents; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; The Overture: The Grand Story of the Divine Image; Theology and Ethics; Why Privilege the New Testament Documents?; The Role of Divine Revelation in New Testament Theology and Ethics; Problems with Reader-Response Criticism and Canonical Interpretation; The Relation of Biblical Theology to New Testament Theology; Problems with Postmodern Interpretation; The Importance of Original Context; Problems with the Intentional Fallacy Theory |
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The Meaning of the New Testament Texts and Their Significance for Us TodayThe Relation of New Testament Theology and Ethics to Later Theological and Ethical Formulations; The Importance of Genre; New Testament Theology and Ethics and the Christian Bible; History and Story in the New Testament; The Christological Indicative and Imperative; Historical Jesus Versus Christ of Faith?; The Role of Intellect and Imagination in New Testament Theology and Ethics; 1 Jesus: The Alpha and Omega of New Testament Thought; Beginning with Jesus; Jesus in Historical Context: Early Jewish Messianism |
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The Person and Identity of JesusJesus the Storyteller; Jesus and Abba; Jesus as the Son of Man; Jesus as the Wisdom of God; Jesus as Lord, Christ, Son of God; Beginning with Jesus for New Testament Ethics; The Sermon on the Mount; The Political Wisdom of Jesus; The Imitation of Jesus as Ethics; Summary; 2 Paul: The Paradigm Setter for New Testament Thought; Paul's Narrative Thought World: The Contemporary Discussion; N.T. Wright: Story, Symbol, and Worldview; Francis Watson and James Dunn: Promise and Limits of a Narratological Approach to Paul; Five Stories That Shaped Paul's Worldview |
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The Story of GodThe Story of Humankind; The Story of God's People; The Story of Christ; The Story of Paul and Christians; The Eschatological Worldviews of Jesus and Paul; The Dominion of God; The Future of Israel; Summary; Righteousness, Salvation, and Election in Pauline Thought; The Righteousness of God; Righteousness and Faith; Imputed Righteousness; Salvation; Election; The New Perspective on Paul; Last Adam Christology in the Pauline Corpus; Paul's Ethics; The Interrelatedness of Theology and Ethics in Paul's Thought; Holiness and Sanctification in Paul's Ethics |
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Romans 12-15: The Christian Basis for All ConductGalatians 5:17-6:10: Following the Law of Christ; Paul's Sexual Ethics; Summary; 3 Jude, James, and Peter: Bridging the Ministry of Jesus and the Apostolic Church; Who Were James and Jude?; Jude: Theology and Ethics in Issues of Heresy and Apostasy; James: The Theology and Ethics of Impartiality; James 1: Theological Ethics for Jewish Christians; The Christology of James; James 2:13: The Mercy and Judgment of God; James 2:14-26: Faith and Works; James as Revelatory Sage, Like His Brother; James 3:1-12: The Taming of the Tongue |
| Summary |
In the first volume of his two-volume comprehensive overview of the theological and ethical thought world of the New Testament, Ben Witherington III focuses on expositional samplings of the theology and ethics of New Testament writers in context and closely examines the interrelations between New Testament theology and ethics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Volume 1 |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. New Testament -- Theology
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Bible. New Testament fast |
| Subject |
Ethics in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Systematic.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Ethics in the Bible
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Theology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016001403 |
| ISBN |
9780830899838 |
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0830899839 |
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9780830899845 |
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0830899847 |
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