New Testament Foundations for Christian Ethics

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Approaches ....23 Ethis Oriented toward Jesus ......28 The Basic Problem : Christian Ethics, an Aspects of Christology .........28 Different Images of Jesus, Different Ethics ..........51 The Image of Jesus : Christian Ethics ..........59 The Development of the Jesus image .....87 2. The Ethic of Paul .......142 The Center : The Damascus Experience ...........145 Excursus: Jesus Cross and Resurrection ...........167 Indicative and Imperative-Imperative and Indicative ........180 Imperatives........204 Everyday Worship.......224 II. Developments and False Developments .......228 1. The Ethic of Mathew .......231 the Redactor matthew..........231 An Exegesis of Mathew`s work in Overview .............233 Matthew`s Image of Jesus : The teacher of the new Righteousness.........235 The sermon on the mount ..........243 Checking the Exegesis ...........245 2. The Functions of Christology in Ethical Systems ....249 The solution of the Author of 2 Thessalonians ............250 The solutions of the Author of the pastoral Letters .......255 The solutions of the Author Of Jesus ..........260 The Solutions of the Author of 1 Peter ...........263 The Solutions of the Author of Colossians ..........272 The Solutions of the Author of Hebrews ............279 3. Ethics in the Johannine Circle ...........285 The Ethics of John ...........286 The Ethics of the Johannine School ............299