Key approaches to biblical ethics: an interdisciplinary dialogue
This volume explores key approaches to the method and study of biblical ethics of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament with an interdisciplinary focus.
| Summary: | This volume explores key approaches to the method and study of biblical ethics of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament with an interdisciplinary focus. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Biblical Ethics: Foundational and Introductory Matters -- Part 1 How to Approach Ethics in the Bible: A Dialogue on the Fundamental Methodological Questions of Biblical Ethics -- Chapter 1 How to Read Biblical Texts Ethically: The New Method of "Implicit Ethics" for Analyzing Biblical Ethics -- Chapter 2 Reading Biblical Texts Ethically: A Discussion of Ruben Zimmermann's Method of "Implicit Ethics" from an Old Testament Perspective -- Chapter 3 Reading Biblical Texts Ethically: A Discussion of Ruben Zimmermann's Method of "Implicit Ethics" from a New Testament Perspective -- Chapter 4 Inspiring Ethics: A Hermeneutical Model for the Dialogue between Biblical Texts and Contemporary Ethics -- Part 2 Old Testament Approaches to Biblical Ethics -- Chapter 5 More Than Worthwhile to Consider? Old Testament Ethics between Description and Prescription -- Chapter 6 The Moral Vision of the Hebrew Bible: An Examination of Some Methodological Issues -- Chapter 7 The Two Testaments as an Ethical Resource -- Chapter 8 Virtue and Torah: The Character of the Instructed Reader -- Chapter 9 Key Approaches to Old Testament Ethics: A Response from a New Testament Scholar's Perspective -- Part 3 New Testament Approaches to Biblical Ethics -- Chapter 10 Is "Biblical Ethics" a "Genre Mistake"? Methodological Reflections on New Testament Ethics in Debate with Gustafson and Hays -- Chapter 11 The Moral Vision of the Bible: A New Testament Approach -- Chapter 12 Reading the New Testament from an Ethical Perspective: A Comprehensive Approach -- Chapter 13 A New Testament Approach to (Biblical) Ethics from the Perspective of Language: Moods of Ethical Speech in New Testament Texts and Their Hermeneutical Relevance. |
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| ISBN: | 9004445722 |