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Biblical Ethics : Tensions Between Justice and Mercy, Law and Love / ed. by Markus Zehnder, Peter Wick.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (349 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463239459
  • 9781463239466
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 241 23
LOC classification:
  • BS680.E84 B4972 2019
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Love in both Testaments -- LOVE IN THE BIBLE, AND LAW, JUSTICE, AND MERCY: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SEMANTIC PROFILE OF THE MAIN HEBREW AND GREEK TERMS DENOTING 'LOVE', WITH A SPECIAL VIEW ON THE INTERSECTION WITH TERMS DENOTING 'LAW', 'JUSTICE' AND 'MERCY' -- LOVE: THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS -- Love and Justice in the Old Testament -- WHY LOVE MATTERS FOR JUSTICE: POLITICAL EMOTIONS BETWEEN NARRATIVE AND LAW IN THE HOLINESS CODE -- THE CONCEPT OF LOVE AS "ETHICAL EMOTION" IN DEUTERONOMY -- JUSTICE AND MERCY IN PROVERBS: CAN IT BE? -- Law and Love at the Intersection of the Old and New Testament -- HOSPITALITY: THE NEXUS BETWEEN LAW AND LOVE -- THE UNITY OF LAW AND LOVE IN PSALM 119: A CHRISTIAN READING -- A MARRIAGE OF LAW AND LOVE: AN EXPLORATION OF A DIALOGUE BETWEEN RUTH AND PAUL -- Justice and Mercy in the Connection between the Two Testaments -- FORGIVENESS AS THE IMAGE OF THE MERCIFUL AND JUST GOD -- THE DYNAMIC POLARITY BETWEEN JUSTICE AND MERCY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT FORMULA OF GRACE (EX 34:6) AND THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT (MT 18:23-35) -- Law and Love in the New Testament -- PAUL'S ETHICS AND PAUL'S EXPERIENCE: LAW AND LOVE IN GALATIANS -- Justice and Mercy in the New Testament -- 'REVENGE IS MINE, I WILL PAY BACK'- HAS MERCY NOT THE LAST WORD, AFTER ALL? READING ROMANS 12:19 AS PART OF AN IMPLICIT DISCOURSE OF JUSTICE AND MERCY -- LOVE FOR ENEMIES, JUSTICE AND THE CONCEPT OF RECIPROCITY IN PAUL (ROM 12:17-21) AND MATTHEW (MT 5:43-48) -- MERCY AND JUSTICE OR MERCY WITHOUT JUSTICE? COMPARING JAMES AND 1 PETER -- BETWEEN PARTIALITY AND MERCY. TENSIONS IN THE ETHICS OF THE LETTER OF JAMES
Summary: Biblical theology is confronted with tensions between love and justice. There are sometimes attempts to avoid these tensions by dissolving one side of the opposing concept. One such attempt is to identify love and mercy as the essence of Christian theology, overcoming law and reciprocal justice. However, such a dissolution is irresponsible not only ethically, but also theologically-as the discussion in a number of the studies collected in the present volume will demonstrate.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Love in both Testaments -- LOVE IN THE BIBLE, AND LAW, JUSTICE, AND MERCY: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE SEMANTIC PROFILE OF THE MAIN HEBREW AND GREEK TERMS DENOTING 'LOVE', WITH A SPECIAL VIEW ON THE INTERSECTION WITH TERMS DENOTING 'LAW', 'JUSTICE' AND 'MERCY' -- LOVE: THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS -- Love and Justice in the Old Testament -- WHY LOVE MATTERS FOR JUSTICE: POLITICAL EMOTIONS BETWEEN NARRATIVE AND LAW IN THE HOLINESS CODE -- THE CONCEPT OF LOVE AS "ETHICAL EMOTION" IN DEUTERONOMY -- JUSTICE AND MERCY IN PROVERBS: CAN IT BE? -- Law and Love at the Intersection of the Old and New Testament -- HOSPITALITY: THE NEXUS BETWEEN LAW AND LOVE -- THE UNITY OF LAW AND LOVE IN PSALM 119: A CHRISTIAN READING -- A MARRIAGE OF LAW AND LOVE: AN EXPLORATION OF A DIALOGUE BETWEEN RUTH AND PAUL -- Justice and Mercy in the Connection between the Two Testaments -- FORGIVENESS AS THE IMAGE OF THE MERCIFUL AND JUST GOD -- THE DYNAMIC POLARITY BETWEEN JUSTICE AND MERCY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT FORMULA OF GRACE (EX 34:6) AND THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT (MT 18:23-35) -- Law and Love in the New Testament -- PAUL'S ETHICS AND PAUL'S EXPERIENCE: LAW AND LOVE IN GALATIANS -- Justice and Mercy in the New Testament -- 'REVENGE IS MINE, I WILL PAY BACK'- HAS MERCY NOT THE LAST WORD, AFTER ALL? READING ROMANS 12:19 AS PART OF AN IMPLICIT DISCOURSE OF JUSTICE AND MERCY -- LOVE FOR ENEMIES, JUSTICE AND THE CONCEPT OF RECIPROCITY IN PAUL (ROM 12:17-21) AND MATTHEW (MT 5:43-48) -- MERCY AND JUSTICE OR MERCY WITHOUT JUSTICE? COMPARING JAMES AND 1 PETER -- BETWEEN PARTIALITY AND MERCY. TENSIONS IN THE ETHICS OF THE LETTER OF JAMES

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Biblical theology is confronted with tensions between love and justice. There are sometimes attempts to avoid these tensions by dissolving one side of the opposing concept. One such attempt is to identify love and mercy as the essence of Christian theology, overcoming law and reciprocal justice. However, such a dissolution is irresponsible not only ethically, but also theologically-as the discussion in a number of the studies collected in the present volume will demonstrate.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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