Biola UniversityKey Approaches to Biblical Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue
Markus Zehnder, Contributor
Professor of Old Testament and Semitics
Brill, January 2021
The purpose of Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics is to address fundamental as well as practical questions of methodology in examining the ethical material of the Bible. Sixteen scholars of international reputation, most of them leaders in the field of biblical ethics, discuss questions of biblical interpretation from the perspectives of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament ethics in close dialogue with one another. In the present volume both established and new approaches to biblical ethics are presented and discussed. The result is a volume of unprecedented scholarly interaction that provides key insights into issues of biblical ethics that play a significant role both for biblical interpretation as well as for methodological questions in Jewish and Christian ethics today.
Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1–2 Peter, 1–3 John, and Jude as Canon
Darian Lockett
Professor of New Testament
IVP Academics, March 2021
In Letters for the Church, Lockett reveals how the Catholic Epistles provide a unique window into early Christian theology and practice. Based on evidence from the early church, he contends that the seven letters of James, 1–2 Peter, 1–3 John, and Jude were accepted into the canon as a collection and should be read together. Here Lockett introduces the context and content of the Catholic Epistles while emphasizing how all seven letters are connected. Each chapter outlines the author, audience and genre of one of the epistles, traces its flow of thought, and explores shared themes with the other Catholic Epistles. By introducing the coherent vision of these seven epistles, Letters for the Church helps us rediscover these riches.