Moral Language in the New Testament
The Interrelatedness of Language and Ethics in Early Christian Writings. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Volume II
Edited by Ruben Zimmermann Edited by Jan G. van der Watt Edited by Susanne Luther
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(December 2010)
ISBN: 9783161503542
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This volume focuses on the interrelatedness of morality and language. Apart from explicit ethical statements, implicit NT moral language is analysed in three overlapping aspects based on the interpretation of concrete NT texts: an intratextual level (linguistic and analytic philosophical methods: syntactical form, style and logic), an textual and intertextual level (form criticism, discourse analysis) and an extratextual level (speech act analysis; rhetoric; reader-response criticism). With reference to analytical moral philosophy, the contributions address questions such as: Where does the ethical quality of a statement come from? Which linguistic devices are used to express ethics in the NT writings? In which way does the genre of the text influence its ethical meaning? Which pre- and intertexts are part of the ethical statements, in which way does the text refer to them? Which ethical impact did and do texts have on their readers? Which linguistic and rhetorical style is used to meet the addressees? Why do we consider a text powerful or polemic? Can we speak of an implicit ethical subject in the text from a literary perspective?
Susanne Luther, is currently research assistant (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the Chair of New Testament Studies of Professor Zimmermann at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz.Jan G. van der Watt, Born 1952; Professor of New Testament Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands and extra-ordinary professor at the North-West University, South Africa.Ruben Zimmermann, Geboren 1968; 1999 Promotion; 2003 Habilitation; seit 2009 Professor fur Neues Testament an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz.
- Edited by Ruben Zimmermann
- Edited by Jan G. van der Watt
- Edited by Susanne Luther
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