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Early Christian ethics in interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts / edited by Jan Willem van Henten, Joseph Verheyden.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in theology and religion ; v. 17.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004242159
  • 9004242155
  • 1283902257
  • 9781283902250
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Early Christian ethics in interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts.DDC classification:
  • 241.09/015 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1212
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Early Christianity in its Hellenistic context : a critical survey of 20th century research / Reinhard Feldmeier -- Early Christianity in its Jewish context : a brief look at 20th century research / Gerbern S. Oegema -- Finding a basis for interpreting New Testament ethos from a Greco-Roman philosophical perspective / Anders Klostergaard Petersen -- Some issues behind the ethics in the Qumran scrolls and their implications for New Testament ethics / George J. Brooke -- The relevance of Jewish inscriptions for New Testament ethics / Andrew Chester -- The importance of Hellenistic Judaism for the study of Paul's ethics / Thomas H. Tobin -- "Ethical" traditions, family ethos, and love in the Johannine literature / Jörg Frey -- Good as a moral category in the early Jesus tradition / Hermut Löhr -- Ethics and anthropology in the letter of James : an outline / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr -- Essentials of ethics in Matthew and the Didache : a comparison at a conceptual and practical level / Huub van de Sandt.
Summary: In Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts experts from various fields analyze the process of transformation of early Christian ethics because of the ongoing interaction with Jewish, Greco-Roman and Christian traditions.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Early Christianity in its Hellenistic context : a critical survey of 20th century research / Reinhard Feldmeier -- Early Christianity in its Jewish context : a brief look at 20th century research / Gerbern S. Oegema -- Finding a basis for interpreting New Testament ethos from a Greco-Roman philosophical perspective / Anders Klostergaard Petersen -- Some issues behind the ethics in the Qumran scrolls and their implications for New Testament ethics / George J. Brooke -- The relevance of Jewish inscriptions for New Testament ethics / Andrew Chester -- The importance of Hellenistic Judaism for the study of Paul's ethics / Thomas H. Tobin -- "Ethical" traditions, family ethos, and love in the Johannine literature / Jörg Frey -- Good as a moral category in the early Jesus tradition / Hermut Löhr -- Ethics and anthropology in the letter of James : an outline / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr -- Essentials of ethics in Matthew and the Didache : a comparison at a conceptual and practical level / Huub van de Sandt.

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In Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts experts from various fields analyze the process of transformation of early Christian ethics because of the ongoing interaction with Jewish, Greco-Roman and Christian traditions.

English.