Overview
This study examines the varieties and continuities of ethical exhortations and ideals in the Jewish and Christian traditions (c. 200 BCE-100 CE) that fall under the rubric of non-retaliation. One of the principal conclusions of this thought-provoking work is that a critical factor in determining the shape of non-retaliatory ethics is whether the exhortation is applied to relations within the local and/or elect community or to relations with oppressors of the elect community. It becomes apparent also that the non-retaliatory ethic of the NT stands solidly in the tradition of non-retaliatory ethics in Early Judaism.
- | Author: Gordon Zerbe
- | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- | Publication Date: Jan 29, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 320 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 147422380X
- | ISBN-13: 9781474223805
