Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts: Ethical Themes in Social Contexts (The Library of Second Temple Studies)

Zerbe, Gordon

ISBN 10: 147422380X / ISBN 13: 9781474223805

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

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• Title: Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts: Ethical Themes in Social Contexts (The Library of Second Temple Studies)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147422380X
• ISBN 13: 9781474223805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

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