Title: Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts
Description: This study examines the varieties and continuities of ethical exhortations and ideals in the Jewish and Christian traditions (c. 200 BCE-100 CE) that fall under the rubric of non-retaliation. One of the principal conclusions of this thought-provoking work is that a critical factor in determining the shape of non-retaliatory ethics is whether the exhortation is applied to relations within the local and/or elect community or to relations with oppressors of the elect community. It becomes apparent also that the non-retaliatory ethic of the NT stands solidly in the tradition of non-retaliatory ethics in Early Judaism
Subjects: Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t., Evil, non-resistance to, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. apocryphal books, Biblical teaching, Apocryphal books (Old Testament), Criticism, interpretation, Bible