New Testament Theology and Ethics Volume One
230.0415 WIT /1//1Witherington III B., ;
New Testament Theology and Ethics / Witherington III, Ben. Volume One. — Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, ©2016. —
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CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures
Rewind: A Brief Synopsis of Volume 1
Prolegomena: Is New Testament Theology or Ethics Possible?
The New Testament as the Word of God: Critical Reflections on Joel B. -
B. -Green’s Seized by Truth
The Plan of This Book
1 Preliminary Considerations: From Symbolic Universe to Story to Theology
Prolegomena: The Question of Method
The Social World of Christian Belief and Behavior
From Old Testament Theology and Ethics to New Testament Theology
and Ethics: A Historical Perspective
A Concise Review of Key Literature
Frank Thielman
I. Howard Marshall
Philip Esler
G. B. Caird
2 The Symbolic Universe of Jesus and the New Testament Writers
What Is the Symbolic Universe of Jesus and the New Testament Writers?
Glossary of Terms Significant in the Symbolic Universe of Jesus and the-
and the- New Tes Writers
God
Jesus
The Cross/Tree
The Substitutionary Sacrifice of a Human Being
Sin/Transgression
The Risen Lord
The New/True People of God
The Eschatological Spirit and the Spirit’s Gifts
The Sacred Scriptures
Summary
3 The Narrative Thought World of Jesus and the New Testament Writers
The Narrative Thought World of Jesus
The Narrative Thought World of Paul
Early Christian Prayers and Confessions in the Pauline Letters
The Narratological Approach to Paul’s Thought in Contemporary Schol-
arship
Five Stories That Shaped Paul’s Worldview
Paul’s Hermeneutics of the Old Testament
The Narrative Thought World of the Author of Hebrews
The Narrative Thought World of Luke–Acts
The Narrative Thought World of Matthew and John
The Narrative Thought World of Mark
The Narrative Thought World of 1-2 Peter
1 Peter
2 Peter
The Narrative Thought World of Revelation
Summary
4 The New Testament Consensus on Christ
Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega of New Testament Theology
Jesus Christ as the Basis of New Testament Thought
The Christological Consensus of the New Testament Documents
Paul’s Letters: The Narratological Shape of Paul’s Christology Revisited
Hebrews: Jesus as the Perfection of the Old Covenant
The Gospel of Mark: The Secret Son of Man
1 Peter: The Suffering Messiah
Luke–Acts: Jesus as the Hinge of History
Matthew: The Gospel for Jewish Christians
Were the Synoptic Gospels Written for All Christians?
The Gospel of John: A Unique Tradition Among the Evangelists
Revelation: Jesus as Slain Lamb and Roaring Lion
5 The New Testament Consensus on God the Father
God’s Will and the Salvation-Historical Plan
God as Father in the New Testament
The Primacy of Eschatology over Protology in the New Testament
God as One Who Answers Prayer
The Father, Election, and Salvation
God the Father and Election
Is God Unjust to Israel?
The Difference Between Salvation and Election
God Is Love
What Does It Mean to Say That God Is Love?
Substitutionary Atonement and Propitiation
Who Shall See God?
God’s Impartiality
God Is Spirit
God’s Will
The Father’s Election of the Son
The Perfections of God
6 The New Testament Consensus on the Person of the Holy Spirit
God’s Spirit, the Human Spirit, and Unclean Spirits
The Holy Spirit in Matthew
The Holy Spirit in Luke–Acts
The Holy Spirit at Pentecost
The Holy Spirit in the Life and Work of the Disciples
The Paraclete as Agent and Advocate in John’s Gospel
The Holy Spirit in the Pauline Corpus
The Holy Spirit in the General Epistles and Revelation
Conclusions for Chapters 4–6: God-Talk in the New Testament
7 The New Testament Consensus on Salvation and the End of All Things
Salvation in the New Testament: Conversion, Sanctification, Glorification
Eschatology in the New Testament
Eschatological Commonalities Between Jesus and Paul
Otherworldly Versus This-Worldly Eschatologies in the New Testament
The “End of the World” in New Testament Eschatology
Summary
8 New Testament Ethics: Preliminary Considerations
The Place of Ethics in New Testament Theology
The Shared Moral Vision of the New Testament Writers
Levels of Moral Discourse
Matters of Conscience and the Body of Christ in New Testament Ethics
Christian Ethics: Performance or Journey?
9 The Ethics of Jesus and Its Influence on the New Testament Writers
Revisiting the Ethics of the Kingdom
The Ethics of Marriage, Divorce, Children, and Singleness
The Ethics of Wealth and Eternal Life
Jesus and the Rich Young Man in Mark 10:17-31
Jesus’ Teaching on Wealth in Luke 16
Rendering unto Caesar: Matthew 22:15-22
Paying the Temple Tax: Matthew 17:24-27
Summary
The Ethics of Ritual Purity and the Law
Oaths
Jesus’ Ritual Purity
Jesus’ Teaching on Ritual Purity in Mark 7
Jesus and the Pharisees
Jesus and Violence
Jesus’ Summary of the Law
The Ethic of Love
The Impact of Jesus’ Ethic on His Disciples
10 Ethics for Jewish Christians: Matthew, John, James, Jude, Hebrews, 1-3 John,
1 Peter, Revelation
James: Adapting the Ethical Legacy of Jesus
James’s Social Setting
James’s Theological Ethics
Hebrews: Exhortation Based on Exposition
Matthew: Wisdom for Jewish Christians
The Gospel of John and 1 John: The Ethics of the Beloved Disciple
Revelation: Ethics for a Persecuted Minority
Comfort for the Afflicted and Hope for the Future in Revelation 2–3
The Sectarian and Communitarian Ethics of Revelation
1 Peter: The Ethics of Suffering Servants
Submitting to the Authority of the Suffering Servant in 1 Peter 1–3
Concluding Thoughts on the Ethics of 1 Peter
Summary
11 Ethics for Gentile Christians Part One: Paul’s Letters
Paul’s Ethical Teaching: A General Introduction
Paul and the Ethical Imperative
The Social Character of Paul’s Ethics
Paul and the Law
Paul’s Theological Framework for his Ethics
The Social Character of Paul’s Ethics Revisited
Pauline Anthropology and Pauline Ethics
The Body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 5–6
Paul’s View of the Body and the Religious Roles of Women and Men
Paul and the Household Codes
The Colossian Household Code (Colossians 3:18–4:1)
The Ephesian Household Code (Ephesians 5:21–6:9)
Summary
Paul’s Views on Slavery
Paul, the Authorities, and Pacifism
Paul on Singleness and Marriage
Summary
12 Ethics for Gentile Christians Part Two: Mark, Luke, 2 Peter
Mark: The Apocalyptic Ethics of the Coming Son of Man
Luke–Acts: The Ethics of the Salvation Historian
2 Peter: Ethics for All Christian Converts at the End of the Apostolic Age
Summary
Final Surmises and Synopsis
Coda: Integrating the Old and New Testament Thought Worlds and Moving For-
ward to Biblical Theology
Differentiating the Old Testament and the New Testament Thought Worlds
The Necessity of a Narratological Approach to New Testament Theology and
Ethics
The Narrative Thought World of the Old Testament and Its Relevance to
Christian Thought
The Necessity of Progressive Revelation
Relating the Old Testament and the New Testament Thought Worlds
New Testament Theology and Ethics in Light of Postmodern Epistemology
Reader-Response Theory and the Meaning of the New Testament Texts
Moving Beyond the Bible to Later Theological Formulations
he Unity of the New Testament
Critical Reflections on Some Recent Attempts at Biblical Theology
Frank Mead
Sandra Richter
Charles Scobie
Subject Index
Scripture Index
Notes
Praise for New Testament Theology and Ethics
About the Author
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Анотація:
All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief." Previously published as The Indelible Image, Volume 1, Witherington offers the first of a two-volume set on the theological and ethical thought world of the New Testament. The first volume looks at the individual witnesses, while the second examines the collective witness. The New Testament, says Ben Witherington, is "like a smallish choir. All are singing the same cantata, but each has an individual voice and is singing its own parts and notes. If we fail to pay attention to all the voices in the choir, we do not get the entire effect. . . . If this first volume is about closely analyzing the sheet music left to us by which each musician's part is delineated, the second volume will attempt to re-create what it might have sounded like had they ever gotten together and performed their scores to produce a single masterful cantata." What the New Testament authors have in mind, Witherington contends, is that all believers should be conformed in thought, word and deed to the image of Jesus Christ―the indelible image.