The Ten commandments : the reciprocity of faithfulness / edited by William P. Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, William P., 1958-

Series:

Library of theological ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ten commandments.

Physical Description:

xv, 349 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, [2004]

Summary:

Offering a host of classic and new essays surveying the scholarly ethical and biblical debate surrounding the Ten Commandments, William Brown organizes his volume into three parts: the history of interpretation, contemporary reflections on the Decalogue as a whole, and contemporary reflections on individual commandments. A useful addition to ethics and Old Testament/Hebrew Bible courses alike, Browns "The Ten Commandments will be a standard reference for all Decalogue research, as it facilitates a helpful balance between moral, theological, and biblical study.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Divine Command and Beyond: The Ethics of the Commandments / Patrick D. Miller 12

Section 1 History of Interpretation: A Sampling

Chapter 2 The Decalogue in the New Testament / Reginald H. Fuller 33

Chapter 3 Law in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas / Michael Dauphinais, Matthew Levering 45

Chapter 4 The Moral Precepts of the Old Law / Thomas Aquinas 51

Chapter 5 Martin Luther and the Rabbinic Mind / George Lindbeck 61

Chapter 6 How Christians Should Regard Moses / Martin Luther 68

Chapter 7 Reformed Explication of the Ten Commandments / John P. Burgess 78

Chapter 8 On the Law and the Commandments / John Calvin 100

Chapter 9 The Two Testaments in the Anabaptist Tradition / Stuart Murray 106

Chapter 10 Three Radical Reformers on the Decalogue / Andreas Karlstadt, Hans Denck, Peter Reidemann 116

Section 2 Contemporary Reflections on the Decalogue

Chapter 11 The Obedience of Trust: Recovering the Law as Gift / Marty Stevens 133

Chapter 12 Biblical Law and the Origins of Democracy / Jean Louis Ska 146

Chapter 13 Should the Ten Commandments Be Posted in the Public Realm? Why the Bible and the Constitution Say, "No" / Nancy J. Duff 159

Section 3 Contemporary Reflections on the Commandments

Chapter 14 The First Commandment 173

The First Commandment as a Theological and Ethical Principle / Paul E. Capetz 174

Chapter 15 The Second Commandment 193

"The Work of Human Hands" (Psalm 115:4): Idolatry in the Old Testament / John Barton 194

Chapter 16 The Third Commandment 204

The Fundamental Code Illustrated: The Third Commandment / Herbert B. Huffmon 205

Chapter 17 The Fourth Commandment 213

A Palace in Time / Abraham J. Heschel 214

Restless Until We Rest in God: The Fourth Commandment as Test Case in Christian "Plain Sense" Interpretation / Kathryn Greene-McCreight 223

Chapter 18 The Fifth Commandment 237

No Contempt for the Family / Walter J. Harrelson 238

Chapter 19 The Sixth Commandment 248

"Thou Shalt Not Kill"-The First Commandment of the Just War Tradition / Gary M. Simpson 249

Chapter 20 The Seventh Commandment 266

Adultery, Prophetic Tradition, and the Decalogue / Hendrik Bosman 267

Chapter 21 The Eighth Commandment 275

The Eighth Commandment: A Way to King's "Beloved Community"? / Cheryl B. Anderson 276

Chapter 22 The Ninth Commandment 290

Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience / Walter Brueggemann 291

Chapter 23 The Tenth Commandment 301

"Coveting Your Neighbor's House" in Social Context / Marvin L. Chaney 302

Appendix Numbering the Commandments 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and indexes.

ISBN:

0664223230

OCLC:

55738256