New Testament Theology and Ethics
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-5134-8 (ISBN)
All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief."
Previously published as The Indelible Image, Volume 2, Witherington offers the second of a two-volume set on the theological and ethical thought world of the New Testament. The first volume looks at the individual witnesses, while the second examines the collective witness.
The New Testament, says Ben Witherington, is "like a smallish choir. All are singing the same cantata, but each has an individual voice and is singing its own parts and notes. If we fail to pay attention to all the voices in the choir, we do not get the entire effect. . . . If this first volume is about closely analyzing the sheet music left to us by which each musician's part is delineated, the second volume will attempt to re-create what it might have sounded like had they ever gotten together and performed their scores to produce a single masterful cantata."
What the New Testament authors have in mind, Witherington contends, is that all believers should be conformed in thought, word and deed to the image of Jesus Christ—the indelible image.
Ben Witherington III (PhD, University of Durham) is professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of a full set of commentaries on the books of the New Testament, many of which focus on their socio-rhetorical perspectives. His numerous other books on the New Testament include New Testament History, Jesus the Seer, Jesus the Sage, The Jesus Quest, The Paul Quest and A Week in the Life of Corinth.
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
REWIND: A Brief Synopsis of Volume One
PROLEGOMENA: Is New Testament Theology or Ethics Possible
1 Preliminary Considerations: From Symbolic Universe to Story to Theology
2 The Symbolic Universe of Jesus and the New Testament Writers
3 The Narrative Thought World of Jesus and the New Testament Writers
4 The New Testament Consensus of the Christ
5 The New Testament Consensus on God the Father
6 The New Testament Consensus on the Person of the Holy Spirit
7 The New Testament Consensus on Salvation and the End of All Things
8 New Testament Ethics: Preliminary Considerations
9 The Ethics of Jesus and its Influence on New Testament Writers
10 Ethics for Jewish Christians: Matthew, John, James, Jude, Hebrews, 1-3 John, 1 Peter, Revelation
11 Ethics for Gentile Christians Part One: Paul's Letters
12 Ethics for Gentile Christians Part Two: Mark, Luke, and 2 Peter
13 Coda: Integrating the Old and New Testament Thought Worlds and Moving Forward to Biblical Theology
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SCRIPTURE INDEX
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.04.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Illinois |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 1179 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8308-5134-8 / 0830851348 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8308-5134-8 / 9780830851348 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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