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."Having completed commentaries on all of the New Testament books, a remarkable feat in itself, Witherington now offers the second 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 the first volume was] about closely analyzing the sheet music left to us by which each musician's part is delineated, [this second volume attempts] 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.
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Biblical StudiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Rewind: A Brief Synopsis of Volume 1
- Prolegomena: Is New Testament Theology or Ethics Possible?
- 1 Preliminary Considerations: From Symbolic Universe to Story to Theology
- 2 The Symbolic Universe of Jesus and the New Testament Writers
- 3 The Narrative Thought World of Jesus and the New Testament Writers
- 4 The New Testament Consensus on Christ
- 5 The New Testament Consensus on God the Father
- 6 The New Testament Consensus on the Person of the Holy Spirit
- 7 The New Testament Consensus on Salvation and the End of All Things
- 8 New Testament Ethics: Preliminary Considerations
- 9 The Ethics of Jesus and Its Influence on the New Testament Writers
- 10 Ethics for Jewish Christians: Matthew, John, James, Jude, Hebrews, 1-3 John, 1 Peter, Revelation
- 11 Ethics for Gentile Christians Part One: Paul’s Letters
- 12 Ethics for Gentile Christians Part Two: Mark, Luke, 2 Peter
- Coda: Integrating the Old and New Testament Thought Worlds and Moving Forward to Biblical Theology
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
- Notes
- Praise for New Testament Theology and Ethics
- About the Author
- More Titles from InterVarsity Press
- Copyright Page
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