Non-retaliation in early Jewish and New Testament texts : ethical themes in social contexts /: ethical themes in social contexts. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gordon Zerbe.
• Authors: Zerbe, Gordon M
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: THE ETHICS OF NON-RETALIATION IN EARLY JUDAISM; Chapter 1 THE WISDOM TRADITION; The Counsels of Wisdom; The Book of Proverbs; The Wisdom of Ben Sirach; The Proverbial Traditions of Ahiqar; Conclusion; Chapter 2 THE EGYPTIAN DIASPORA; The Letter of Aristeas; Philo of Alexandria; Pseudo-Phocylides; Joseph and Aseneth; 3 Maccabees and the Wisdom of Solomon; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 3 THE ESSENES AND THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY; Non-Retaliation within the Community; Non-Retaliation in Relation to Outsiders. The Witness of Josephus and HippolytusThe Essenes: Pacifistic or Militaristic?; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 4 THE TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS; The Theme of Forgiving Love; Vengeance in the Testament of Levi; Summary and Conclusions; Excursus 2 (SLAVONIC) ENOCH; CONCLUSION TO PART I; Part II: THE ETHICS OF NON-RETALIATION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 5 NON-RETALIATORY ETHICS IN THE GOSPEL TRADITION: MATTHEW 5.38-48 AND LUKE 6.27-36; The Original Shape and Setting of the Sayings; The Setting of the Sayings in Q; The Interpretation of the Sayings in Matthew and Luke. 1 Peter's Situation, Message and StrategyNon-Retaliation in 1 Peter; Conclusion; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Selected Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 296.3/6; Evil, Non-resistance to -- Biblical teaching; Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; RELIGION / Judaism / General; Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Evil, Non-resistance to -- Biblical teaching; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474230353; 1474230350
• Related ISBNs: 9781850753896
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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