The New Testament Library Series: Theology and Ethics in Paul
Digitale Logos-Edition
Overview
First published in 1968—and out of print since the 1980s—Victor Paul Furnish’s treatment of Paul’s theology and ethics has long been regarded as the key scholarly statement and most useful textbook on Paul’s thought. Now, Theology and Ethics in Paul is available once again as part of the Westminster John Knox Press New Testament Library. Featuring a new introduction from Richard Hays, this timeless volume is as relevant in this century as it was in the last.
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Key Features
- Classic work on Pauline theology
- Insights into Paul’s thought processes
- New introduction from Richard Hays
Top Highlights
“The ultimate objective here is not the compilation of a ‘Pauline code of ethics’ but a better understanding of the structure of his ethical thinking, its ground, and its guiding convictions. Attention will not be focused on the ‘practical’ content of the apostle’s moral teaching (which other scholars have ably handled), but on its theological foundations and context.” (Page xiv)
“the Pauline ethic is compounded of the apostle’s theological, eschatological, and christological convictions” (Page 213)
“necessary to consider, along with his theology and eschatology, also his Christology” (Page 216)
“Paul’s ethics, is an underlying set of theological convictions” (Page 13)
“While Paul does exhort, instruct, admonish, and advise his readers, this is almost always done in ad hoc fashion in relation to specific situations and cases. No single practical ethical pattern or ‘Christian code of conduct’ is ever promulgated. He sponsors no particular ethical program, and his various specific ethical injunctions taken together are not intended to provide a comprehensive portrait of ‘the Christian man.’” (Page 210)
About Victor Paul Furnish
Victor Paul Furnish is University Distinguished Professor of New Testament at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. His numerous publications on and contributions to Pauline studies set him apart as one of the premier New Testament scholars of our generation. Among his published works are contributions to Pauline Conversations in Context: Essays in Honor of Calvin J. Roetzel, available from Logos as part of the Library of New Testament Studies: JSNTS on Paul (17 vols.).