TY - BOOK AU - Chan,Yiu Sing Lúcás TI - The Ten commandments and the Beatitudes: biblical studies and ethics for real life SN - 9781442215559 AV - BV4655 .C43 2012eb U1 - 241.5 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Ten commandments KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Beatitudes KW - fast KW - Christian ethics KW - Biblical teaching KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Theology KW - Ethics KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - "A Sheed & Ward book."; Foreword; Abbreviations; Prologue; Acknowledgments; I: A Schema for Bridging Biblical Studies and Christian Ethics; 1 Emerging Consensus; 2 Reading Scripture through the Lens of Virtue; II: Exegeting and Interpreting the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:2-17 for Ethical Living; 3 The Decalogue in History; 4 Some Preliminary Questions; 5 The First Commandment in Exodus 20:2-6; 6 The Second Commandment in Exodus 20:7; 7 The Third Commandment in Exodus 20:8-11; 8 The Fourth Commandment in Exodus 20:12; 9 The Fifth Commandment in Exodus 20:13; 10 The Sixth Commandment in Exodus 20:14; 11 The Seventh Commandment in Exodus 20:1512 The Eighth Commandment in Exodus 20:16; 13 The Ninth Commandment in Exodus 20:17; 14 The Tenth Commandment in Exodus 20:17; III: Exegeting and Interpreting the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12 for Ethical Living; 15 The Beatitudes in History; 16 Some Preliminary Questions; 17 The First Beatitude in Matthew 5:3; 18 The Second Beatitude in Matthew 5:4; 19 The Third Beatitude in Matthew 5:5; 20 The Fourth Beatitude in Matthew 5:6; 21 The Fifth Beatitude in Matthew 5:7; 22 The Sixth Beatitude in Matthew 5:8; 23 The Seventh Beatitude in Matthew 5:9; 24 The Eighth Beatitude in Matthew 5:10-12Conclusion; Epilogue; Table 1: The Numbering of the Ten Commandments by Various Traditions; Glossary of Chinese Terms; Index N2 - The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes brings together biblical studies and ethics to help students gain a fuller understanding of these two important biblical passages-both what the text meant historically, and what it means today. It is an excellent introduction to Christian ethics focusing on two well-known passages.
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