Identity, Ethics, and Ethos in the New TestamentJan G. van der Watt 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. |
Contents
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living according to Lukes gospel | 77 |
Ethics and ethos | 107 |
Driven by conviction and attitude Ethics | 135 |
Shaping a Christian lifestyle in the Roman capital | 167 |
Let no one seek his own but each one the others 1 Corinthians | 199 |
as citizens of heaven live in a manner worthy | 289 |
A Life Worthy of God Identity and Ethics | 335 |
Identity Ethos and Ethics | 357 |
Ethics and ethos in Hebrews | 417 |
Its vision ethics and ethos | 445 |
A code of conduct for children of God who suffer unjustly | 473 |
Ethics in the Johannine epistles | 535 |
The Motivations of Ethos in 2 Clement | 597 |
Pauls higher ethical reasoning | 219 |
Ethics and ethos according | 241 |
Identity ethics and ethos | 257 |
Summary | 611 |
List of Contributors | 633 |
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