Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts

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Non-Retaliation in Early Jewish and New Testament Texts is written by Gordon Zerbe and published by A&C Black. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 185075389X (ISBN 10) and 9781850753896 (ISBN 13).

This study examines the varieties and continuities of ethical exhortations and ideals in the Jewish and Christian traditions (c. 200 BCE-100 CE) that fall under the rubric of non-retaliation. One of the principal conclusions of this thought-provoking work is that a critical factor in determining the shape of non-retaliatory ethics is whether the exhortation is applied to relations within the local and/or elect community or to relations with oppressors of the elect community. It becomes apparent also that the non-retaliatory ethic of the NT stands solidly in the tradition of non-retaliatory ethics in Early Judaism.