"Ready for Every Good Work" (Titus 3:1)

Implicit Ethics in the Letter to Titus. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik/ Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Vol. XIII
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-16-161159-9
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 484, 329 Seiten, Leinen, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Die moralischen Weisungen des Titusbriefs sind herausfordernd und umstritten. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes versuchen mit neuen Auslegungsmethoden und aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven die Chancen und Grenzen der Ethik des Briefs zu erschließen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zimmermann, Ruben

Manomi, Dogara Ishaya

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Ruben Zimmermann/Dogara Ishaya Manomi: The "Implicit Ethics" in Titus. Introductory Remarks and Summary of the Contributions

I. Linguistic and Rhetorical Aspects of the Implicit Ethics: A Text-immanent Approach
Luke Timothy Johnson: The Pedagogy of Grace. The Experiential Basis of Morality in Titus - Annette Bourland Huizenga: Moral Education in Titus. Antitheses for Ethical Living - Dogara Ishaya Manomi: The Language of Virtue. Discovering Implicit Virtue-Ethical Linguistic Elements in Titus - Rick Brannan: The Language of Ethical Instruction in the Letter to Titus. A View Informed by Discourse Grammar and Speech Act Theory - Jermo van Nes: Moral Language and Ethical Argument in Titus. A Reassessment of the Pseudonymity Hypothesis - Philip H. Towner: The Ethical Agenda of Titus. The Time and Space of Ethics

II. Historical and Contextual Dimensions of the Implicit Ethics: A Socio-historial Approach
Jens Herzer: Ethics, Ethos, and Truth. Reassessing the Question of the Individuality of the Pastoral Epistles - Michael Theobald: Internal Ethos or Ethos before the Public Forum? Titus and His Construct of the Opponents - Ray Van Neste: "Our People". Ethics and the Identity of the People of God in the Letter to Titus - Harry O. Maier: Ethics and Empire in Titus. Texts, Co-texts, and Contexts

III. The Relevance of the Implicit Ethics: A Hermeneutical Approach
Korinna Zamfir: Women's Vocation and Ministry according to Titus. Ethical Issues and Their Contemporary Relevance - Claire S. Smith: Ethics of Teaching and Learning in Christianity Today. Insights from the Book of Titus - Hans-Ulrich Weidemann: Written to Be with Paul. Reading Galatians with Titus - Marianne Bjelland Kartzow: "Speak evil of no one!" (Titus 3:2).

Über Autor(innen)

Zimmermann, Ruben
Born 1968; 1999 Dr. theol. from the University of Heidelberg; 2003 Habilitation from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University München; currently Professor of New Testament and Ethics at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany and research associate at the Department of Old and New Testament Studies of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Manomi, Dogara Ishaya
Born 1985; 2019 PhD in New Testament studies from the University of Mainz, Germany; currently a full-time lecturer at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria located in Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria, an Affiliated Researcher of the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium, and a Research Associate of the University of Pretoria, South Africa.