Publication

1984 - W.B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich, Michigan

Language

English

Word Count

27,000 words, Guess

Page Count

108 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1208643
  • Goodreads5049447

Classifications

  • DDC241
  • LCCBS2331 .L66 1984

Description

To answer the question of what role the New Testament should play in the formation and expression of Christian social morality today, Richard Longenecker here proposes a developmental hermeneutic, which distinguishes between "dedared principles" and "described practices" in the New Testament writings. With this distinction in mind; he focuses on the three couplets of Galatians 3:28 - "neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female"--Showing how these matters were treated in early Christian thought and explaining their meaning for us today. In so doing, Longenecker lays a hermeneutical foundation for the much larger discussion of Christian social ethics.--From publisher's description.

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