Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts
Ethical Themes in Social Contexts
1st Edition
Published on 29. January 2015
320 pages
978-1-4742-3035-3 (ISBN)
Description
This study examines the varieties and continuities of ethical exhortations and ideals in the Jewish and Christian traditions (c. 200 BCE-100 CE) that fall under the rubric of non-retaliation. One of the principal conclusions of this thought-provoking work is that a critical factor in determining the shape of non-retaliatory ethics is whether the exhortation is applied to relations within the local and/or elect community or to relations with oppressors of the elect community. It becomes apparent also that the non-retaliatory ethic of the NT stands solidly in the tradition of non-retaliatory ethics in Early Judaism.
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1. Auflage
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Professional and scholarly
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978-1-4742-3035-3 (9781474230353)
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Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts
Ethical Themes in Social Contexts
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Gordon Zerbe is a teacher at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Winnipeg.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I: THE ETHICS OF NON-RETALIATION IN EARLY JUDAISM
- Chapter 1 THE WISDOM TRADITION
- The Counsels of Wisdom
- The Book of Proverbs
- The Wisdom of Ben Sirach
- The Proverbial Traditions of Ahiqar
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2 THE EGYPTIAN DIASPORA
- The Letter of Aristeas
- Philo of Alexandria
- Pseudo-Phocylides
- Joseph and Aseneth
- 3 Maccabees and the Wisdom of Solomon
- Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 3 THE ESSENES AND THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY
- Non-Retaliation within the Community
- Non-Retaliation in Relation to Outsiders
- The Witness of Josephus and Hippolytus
- The Essenes: Pacifistic or Militaristic?
- Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 4 THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS
- The Theme of Forgiving Love
- Vengeance in the Testament of Levi
- Summary and Conclusions
- Excursus 2 (SLAVONIC) ENOCH
- CONCLUSION TO PART I
- Part II: THE ETHICS OF NON-RETALIATION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
- Chapter 5 NON-RETALIATORY ETHICS IN THE GOSPEL TRADITION: MATTHEW 5.38-48 AND LUKE 6.27-36
- The Original Shape and Setting of the Sayings
- The Setting of the Sayings in Q
- The Interpretation of the Sayings in Matthew and Luke
- Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 6 PAUL'S ETHIC OF NON-RETALIATION: A RECONCILING ETHIC OF LOVE OR AN APOCALYPTIC RESTRAINT?
- Texts Expressing Non-Retaliatory Themes in Paul's Letters
- The Current Debate
- The Literary Context and Structure of Romans 12.14, 17-21
- The Social Setting and Application of Romans 12.14, 17-21
- The Traditio-Historical Background of Paul's Exhortation
- The Substance of the Exhortation
- The Warrants of the Exhortation
- The Christological Ground of Non-Retaliation
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7 NON-RETALIATION IN 1 PETER: A PRAGMATIC OR A CHRISTOLOGICAL ETHIC?
- 1 Peter's Situation, Message and Strategy
- Non-Retaliation in 1 Peter
- Conclusion
- CONCLUSION
- Bibliography
- Selected Index of References
- Index of Authors
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