The Decalogue through the Centuries: From the Hebrew Scriptures to Benedict XVI

The Decalogue through the Centuries: From the Hebrew Scriptures to Benedict XVI
ISBN-10
1611642663
ISBN-13
9781611642667
Category
Religion
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2012-11-10
Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Authors
Timothy Larsen, Jeffrey P. Greenman

Description

This collection of essays by prominent scholars surveys the ways in which the Decalogue, the Ten Commandments, has been understood and appropriated from biblical times until today. With chapters devoted to major thinkers such as Aquinas, Barth, Calvin, Luther, Maimonides, and Wesley, the writers explore ways the Decalogue has provided theological, ethical, moral, and devotional reflection throughout many facets of religious thought. The pieces reveal both the continuities in interpretation through the centuries as well as ways in which individual theologians departed from reigning readings to develop new directions. Contributors include Daniel I. Block, Craig A. Evans, George Hunsinger, Matthew Levering, D. Stephen Long, William E. May, David Novak, Alison G. Salvesen, Susan E. Schreiner, Carl R. Trueman, and Timothy J. Wengert.

Similar books