Moral language in the New Testament [electronic resource] : the interrelatedness of language and ethics in early Christian writings / edited by Ruben Zimmermann and Jan G. van der Watt ; in cooperation with Susanne Luther.

Contributor(s): Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, ; 296 | Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik ; Bd. 2.Publication details: T�ubingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2010.Description: ix, 448 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 241.014 DDC22ger
LOC classification:
  • BS680.E84 M67 2010eb
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Contents:
Ethics in the New Testament and language : basic explorations and Eph 5:21-33 as test case / Ruben Zimmermann -- Defining morality in Christian ethics and the study of New Testament ethics / Etienne de Villiers -- In search of identity : narrativity, discipleship and moral agency / Sean Freyne -- Jesus' "conception of man" as an expression of His "ethics" / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr -- "Whoever humbles himself like this child" : the ethical instruction in Matthew's community discourse (Matt 18) and its narrative setting / Matthias Konradt -- Ethics through the power of language : some explorations in the Gospel according to John / Jan G. van der Watt -- As the Father has sent me, I send you : towards a missional-incarnational ethos in John 4 / Kobus Kok -- The exposition of moral rules and principles in Pauline Letters : preliminary observations on moral language in earliest Christianity / Hermut L�ohr -- "Unethical" language in the Pauline Letters? Stereotyping, vilification and identity matters / Jeremy Punt -- Putting on Christ : on the relation of sacramental and ethical language in the Pauline Epistles / Friedrich Wilhelm Horn -- Moral language in the New Testament : language and ethics in 2 Corinthians 3 / Fran�cois S. Malan -- Moral language in Philemon / Pieter G.R. de Villiers -- Disparagement as argument : the polemical use of moral language in Second Peter / J�org Frey -- Some possible intertextual influences from the Jewish Scriptures on the (moral) language of Hebrews / Gert J. Steyn -- Protreptic ethics in the Letter of James : the potential of figurative language in character formation / Susanne Luther -- The "ethics" of badmouthing the other : vilification as persuasive speech act in First Clement / Lambert D. Jacobs -- Ethics and genre : the narrative setting of moral language in the New Testament / Richard A. Burridge -- The familial metaphorical language of inclusion in the New Testament and HIV/AIDS destigmatization in Africa / Elijah Mahlangu.
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"This volume is the result of a 'Humboldt-Kolleg' conference that was held at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in September 2008 ...": Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Ethics in the New Testament and language : basic explorations and Eph 5:21-33 as test case / Ruben Zimmermann -- Defining morality in Christian ethics and the study of New Testament ethics / Etienne de Villiers -- In search of identity : narrativity, discipleship and moral agency / Sean Freyne -- Jesus' "conception of man" as an expression of His "ethics" / Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr -- "Whoever humbles himself like this child" : the ethical instruction in Matthew's community discourse (Matt 18) and its narrative setting / Matthias Konradt -- Ethics through the power of language : some explorations in the Gospel according to John / Jan G. van der Watt -- As the Father has sent me, I send you : towards a missional-incarnational ethos in John 4 / Kobus Kok -- The exposition of moral rules and principles in Pauline Letters : preliminary observations on moral language in earliest Christianity / Hermut L�ohr -- "Unethical" language in the Pauline Letters? Stereotyping, vilification and identity matters / Jeremy Punt -- Putting on Christ : on the relation of sacramental and ethical language in the Pauline Epistles / Friedrich Wilhelm Horn -- Moral language in the New Testament : language and ethics in 2 Corinthians 3 / Fran�cois S. Malan -- Moral language in Philemon / Pieter G.R. de Villiers -- Disparagement as argument : the polemical use of moral language in Second Peter / J�org Frey -- Some possible intertextual influences from the Jewish Scriptures on the (moral) language of Hebrews / Gert J. Steyn -- Protreptic ethics in the Letter of James : the potential of figurative language in character formation / Susanne Luther -- The "ethics" of badmouthing the other : vilification as persuasive speech act in First Clement / Lambert D. Jacobs -- Ethics and genre : the narrative setting of moral language in the New Testament / Richard A. Burridge -- The familial metaphorical language of inclusion in the New Testament and HIV/AIDS destigmatization in Africa / Elijah Mahlangu.

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