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The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes


The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes

Biblical Studies and Ethics for Real Life

von: Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan, Daniel J. Harrington, James F. Keenan, SJ

44,99 €

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 14.09.2012
ISBN/EAN: 9781442215559
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 284

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<span><span><span>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. </span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>In </span><span>The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes</span><span> 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.</span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes</span><span> is an excellent introduction to key concepts in biblical studies and Christian ethics that combines sound study with warmth and wisdom.</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes</span><span> brings together biblical studies and ethics to help students gain a fuller understanding of these two important biblical passages—both what the text meant historically, and what it means today. It is an excellent introduction to Christian ethics focusing on two well-known passages.</span></span></span>
<span><span><span>Foreword</span></span><br><span><span>Abbreviations</span></span><br><span><span>Prologue: Ten to Eight</span></span><br><span><span> Acknowledgments</span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>I: A Schema for Bridging Biblical Studies and Christian Ethics</span></span><br><span><span>1 Emerging Consensus</span></span><br><span><span>2 Reading Scripture through the Lens of Virtue</span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>II: Exegeting and Interpreting the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:2-17 for Ethical Living</span></span><br><span><span>3 The Decalogue in History</span></span><br><span><span>4 Some Preliminary Questions</span></span><br><span><span>5The First Commandment in 20:2-6</span></span><br><span><span>6 The Second Commandment in 20:7</span></span><br><span><span>7 The Third Commandment in 20:8-11</span></span><br><span><span>8 The Fourth Commandment in 20:12</span></span><br><span><span>9 The Fifth Commandment in 20:1</span></span><br><span><span>10 The Sixth Commandment in 20:14</span></span><br><span><span>11 The Seventh Commandment in 20:15</span></span><br><span><span>12 The Eighth Commandment in 20:16 </span></span><br><span><span>13 The Ninth Commandment in 20:17</span></span><br><span><span>14 The Tenth Commandment in 20:17</span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>III: Exegeting and Interpreting the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12 for Ethical Living</span></span><br><span><span>15 The Beatitudes in History</span></span><br><span><span>16 Some Preliminary Questions</span></span><br><span><span>17 The First Beatitude in 5:3</span></span><br><span><span>18 The Second Beatitude in 5:4 </span></span><br><span><span>19 The Third Beatitude in 5:5</span></span><br><span><span>20 The Fourth Beatitude in 5:6 </span></span><br><span><span>21 The Fifth Beatitude in 5:7</span></span><br><span><span>22 The Sixth Beatitude in 5:8 </span></span><br><span><span>23 The Seventh Beatitude in 5:9 </span></span><br><span><span>24 The Eighth Beatitude in 5:10-12 </span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>Conclusion: A Radical Invitation to All</span></span><br><span><span>Epilogue: West to East</span></span><br><span><span>Glossary of Chinese Terms</span></span><br><span></span></span>
<span><span>Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan</span><span> (1968–2015) taught at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, a graduate school of Santa Clara University. </span></span>
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<li><span>Examines two well-known biblical texts that express biblical morality found in the Old and the New Testaments</span></li>
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