Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan

The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes

Biblical Studies and Ethics for Real Life

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Produktbeschreibung

The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes are often considered significant texts for the Christian moral life. However, most interpretations of these passages either focus on the original meaning of the text or how the texts should impact ordinary living today. In The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan brings together biblical studies and Christian ethics to look at these foundational texts in a new way. For each passage Chan asks both what the texts meant and what they mean today. He helps readers to carefully study the text's original meaning, then interpret the text within a sound ethical framework. The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes is an excellent introduction to key concepts in biblical studies and Christian ethics that combines sound study with warmth and wisdom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781442215535
• ISBN-10: 1442215534
• Artikelnr.: 35954927

Autorenporträt

Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan (1968-2015) taught at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, a graduate school of Santa Clara University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Abbreviations Prologue: Ten to Eight  Acknowledgments I: A Schema
for Bridging Biblical Studies and Christian Ethics 1 Emerging Consensus 2
Reading Scripture through the Lens of Virtue   II: Exegeting and
Interpreting the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:2-17 for Ethical Living 3
The Decalogue in History 4 Some Preliminary Questions 5The First
Commandment in 20:2-6 6 The Second Commandment in 20:7 7 The Third
Commandment in 20:8-11 8 The Fourth Commandment in 20:12 9 The Fifth
Commandment in 20:1 10 The Sixth Commandment in 20:14 11 The Seventh
Commandment in 20:15 12 The Eighth Commandment in 20:16 13 The Ninth
Commandment in 20:17 14 The Tenth Commandment in 20:17   III: Exegeting and
Interpreting the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12 for Ethical Living 15 The
Beatitudes in History 16 Some Preliminary Questions 17 The First Beatitude
in 5:3 18 The Second Beatitude in 5:4 19 The Third Beatitude in 5:5 20 The
Fourth Beatitude in 5:6 21 The Fifth Beatitude in 5:7 22 The Sixth
Beatitude in 5:8 23 The Seventh Beatitude in 5:9 24 The Eighth Beatitude in
5:10-12   Conclusion: A Radical Invitation to All Epilogue: West to East
Glossary of Chinese Terms