Identity, Ethics, and Ethos in the New Testament / / ed. by Jan G. van der Watt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Breytenbach, Cilliers,; Combrink, Η J Bernard,; Gräbe, Petrus J.,; Hartin, Patrick J.,; Hays, Richard B.,; Klauck, Hans-Josef,; Loubser, J. A. (Bobby),; Malan, François S.,; Merwe, Dirk G. van der,; Pratscher, Wilhelm,; Rand, Jan Α du,; Rensburg, Fika J. van,; Scheffler, Eben,; Steyn, Gert J.,; Tolmie, D F,; Viljoen, Francois P.,; Villiers, Pieter G. R. de,; Villiers, Pieter G.R. de,; Watt, Jan G. van der,; Wessels, G François,; Witherington, Ben,; Wolter, Michael,; du Plessis, Isak J.,; du Toit, Andrie B.,
• HerausgeberIn: Watt, Jan G. van der,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft , 141
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (645 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

i-iv -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Mapping the Field: Approaches to New Testament Ethics -- Chapter Two: The Gospels and Acts -- The challenge of overflowing righteousness: to learn to live the story of the gospel of Matthew -- Identity and rules of conduct in Mark. Following the suffering, expecting the coming Son of Man -- Compassionate action: living according to Luke's gospel -- Radical social redefinition and radical love: Ethics and ethos in the Gospel according to John -- Driven by conviction and attitude! Ethics in the Acts of the Apostles -- Chapter Three: Pauline Letters -- Shaping a Christian lifestyle in the Roman capital -- ‘Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's’ (1 Corinthians 10, 24): Pauline ethics according to 1 Corinthians -- Ethos and ethics in 2 Corinthians: Paul's higher ethical reasoning in preparation for his third visit to a congregation that were about to become his enemies -- Liberty – love – the Spirit: Ethics and ethos according to the Letter to the Galatians -- Unity of love in the body of Christ: Identity ethics and ethos in Ephesians -- ‘... as citizens of heaven live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ...’ -- Do everything in the name of the Lord: Ethics and ethos in Colossians -- ‘A Life Worthy of God’ Identity and Ethics in The Thessalonian Correspondence -- Heroes at Home: Identity, Ethos, and Ethics in 1 Timothy within the context of the Pastoral Epistles -- How Christians can survive in a hostile social-economic environment: Paul's mind concerning difficult social conditions in the Letter to Philemon -- Chapter Four: General Epistles, Hebrews and Revelation -- Moving in and moving out: Ethics and ethos in Hebrews -- The letter of James: Its vision, ethics, and ethos -- A code of conduct for children of God who suffer unjustly. Identity, Ethics and Ethos in 1 Peter -- Faithful Christian living amidst scoffers of the Judgment Day: Ethics and ethos in Jude and 2 Peter -- ‘A matter of having fellowship’: Ethics in the Johannine epistles -- The ethical response of an alternative community in a critical situation: marturia and martyrdom in the Apocalypse of John -- Chapter Five: 2 Clement -- The Motivations of Ethos in 2 Clement -- Summary -- Again: Identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. A few tentative remarks -- List of Contributors -- Index of Modern Authors