Title Jesus, liberation, and the Biblical jubilee : images for ethics and Christology / Sharon H. Ringe

Published Philadelphia : Fortress Press, [1985] ©1985

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Description xviii, 124 pages ; 22 cm Series Overtures to Biblical theology ; 19 Overtures to biblical theology ; 19 Contents The language of ethics and Christology : images and social context. Metaphor, parable, and symbol : finite language and transcendent reality ; "Images" as the encompassing term ; Christology as ethical confession ; Images, history, and proclamation ; Jesus and the Jubilee : probing images of liberation -- Jubliee traditions in Hebrew Scriptures : a cluster of images. The Sabbath-year laws : legislative forerunners of the Jubilee ; Royal proclamations of "release" ; The Jubilee in Leviticus 25 : divine sovereignty and laws of "release" ; Prophetic amplification of the Jubilee ; Conclusion -- Jesus as herald of liberation : Jubilee traditions cited in the Synoptic Gospels. Recognizing Jubilee images in the Gospels ; The rejection at Nazareth (Luke 4:16-30) ; The question from John the Baptist (Matt. 11:2-6/Luke 7:18-23) ; Conclusion -- Jubilee images elaborated : proclaiming good news to the poor. Recognizing "the poor" ; Responding to the poor -- Jubilee images elaborated : "release" or "forgiveness". Forgiveness and the outcast (Luke 7:36-50) ; Forgiveness and the healing (Mark 2:1-12//Matt. 9:1-8//Luke 5:17-26) ; Forgiveness of debts -- Jubilee images interwoven : the Lord's Prayer and summary statements about Jesus. The Lord's Prayer as a Jubilee prayer ; Summary statements about Jesus ; Conclusion -- In Christ we are set free : Jubilee images re-encountered. The Christ as herald of the Jubilee ; The agenda of justice ; Forgiveness and liberation ; The image of God as sovereign ; Eschatology and human responsibility Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Jesus Christ -- Person and offices. SUBJECT Bible. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013760 Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013769 Subject Christian ethics. Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Biblical teaching. Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Biblical teaching. Jubilee (Judaism) Liberty -- Biblical teaching. Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Biblical teaching. LC no. 85004609 ISBN 0800615441 (paperback)

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