J W Rogerson

According to the Scriptures?

The Challenge of Using the Bible in Social, Moral, and Political Questions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sketches the history of the use of the Bible in social, moral and political questions from the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, to the modern times. This book then looks at some case studies, including human and sexual relationships, life issues, attitudes to lawful authority, and the changing of interest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 166mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781845531270
• ISBN-10: 1845531272
• Artikelnr.: 21527295

Autorenporträt

J. W. Rogerson is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield and a Canon Emeritus of Sheffield Cathedral.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Can we 'go by the Book'? 2. 'Going by the Book' - Insights from Judaism
3. The Old Testament Law in the New Testament 4. The Apostolic Fathers and
Apologists 5. From the Third Century to the Reformation 6. The Reformation
7. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 8. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Centuries 9. A New Approach - Example not Precept 10. Case Studies:
Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage Interest Human Sexuality Conclusion
Bibliography