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The Bible and social justice : Old Testament and New Testament foundations for the church's urgent call / edited by Cynthia Long Westfall and Bryan R. Dyer.

Contributor(s): Westfall, Cynthia Long [editor.] | Dyer, Bryan R [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: McMaster New Testament studies: Publisher: Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2016]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xxiv, 216 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781498238076; 1498238076Subject(s): Social justice -- Biblical teaching | Social justice -- Religious aspectsBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Imagining justice for the marginalized: a suspicious reading of the covenant code (Exodus 21:1-23:33) in its ancient Near Eastern context / Paul S. Evans -- Wisdom's cry: embracing the vision of justice in Old Testament wisdom literature / Mark J. Boda and Shannon E. Baines -- Seek Yahweh, establish justice: probing prophetic ethics: an orientation from Amos 5:1-17 / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- Social justice or personal righteousness? What Jesus has to say in Matthew and Mark / Craig A. Evans -- Good news to the poor: social upheaval, strong warnings, and sincere giving in Luke-Acts / Bryan R. Dyer -- Reframing social justice in the Pauline letters / Stanley E. Porter -- Continue to remember the poor: social justice within the poor and powerless Jewish Christian communities / Cynthia Long Westfall -- Social justice in the book of Revelation: reading Revelation from above / David L. Mathewson.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Imagining justice for the marginalized: a suspicious reading of the covenant code (Exodus 21:1-23:33) in its ancient Near Eastern context / Paul S. Evans -- Wisdom's cry: embracing the vision of justice in Old Testament wisdom literature / Mark J. Boda and Shannon E. Baines -- Seek Yahweh, establish justice: probing prophetic ethics: an orientation from Amos 5:1-17 / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- Social justice or personal righteousness? What Jesus has to say in Matthew and Mark / Craig A. Evans -- Good news to the poor: social upheaval, strong warnings, and sincere giving in Luke-Acts / Bryan R. Dyer -- Reframing social justice in the Pauline letters / Stanley E. Porter -- Continue to remember the poor: social justice within the poor and powerless Jewish Christian communities / Cynthia Long Westfall -- Social justice in the book of Revelation: reading Revelation from above / David L. Mathewson.

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