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dc.contributor.authorRabens, Volker
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-12T10:40:44Z
dc.date.available2018-07-12T10:40:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationRabens, V. 2017. The Bible and ethics: pathways for dialogue. In die Skriflig, 51(3):1-12. [https://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v51i3.2246]
dc.identifier.issn1018-6441
dc.identifier.issn2305-0853 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v51i3.2246
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/28460
dc.description.abstractThe potential relevance of biblical ethics for today is a contested issue. What is the significance of individual ethical texts of the Bible, and how - if at all - can they be dialogue partners for the ethical discourses of the 21st century? This article suggests and discusses a number of interpretative steps on the way towards a fruitful dialogue between the biblical text and contemporary concerns of religious-ethical life. After some introductory remarks on the use of the Bible in a Christian context, the article submits six different parameters of practical hermeneutics in two sections: 1. Text and culture; and 2. Text and canon. From the perspective of the parameter of canonical centrality, for example, it is argued that the biblical narrative of love, as it culminates in the gospel of Jesus Christ, stands out as a primus inter pares reference point for the dialogue between biblical ethics and ethics today. In the course of a nuanced discussion of these hermeneutical parameters, the article also provides a critical review of a number of alternative proposals on the relationship of the Bible and ethics.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAOSIS
dc.subjectBible
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjecthermeneutics
dc.subjectinterpretation
dc.subjectapplication
dc.subjectcontextualization
dc.subjectmethodology
dc.subjecttheology
dc.titleThe Bible and ethics: pathways for dialogue
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.researchID26095335 - Rabens, Volker


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