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In contrast to many studies of New Testament ethics, which treat the New Testament in general and Paul in particular, this book focuses on the person of Jesus himself. Richard Burridge maintains that imitating Jesus means following both his words ? which are very demanding ethical teachings ? and his deeds and example of being inclusive and accepting of everyone. Burridge carefully and systematically traces that combination of rigorous ethical instruction and inclusive community through the letters of Paul and the four Gospels, treating specific ethical issues pertaining to each part of Scripture. The book culminates with a chapter on apartheid as an ethical challenge to reading the New Testament; using South Africa as a contemporary case study enables Burridge to highlight and further apply his previous discussion and conclusions.

Being 'Biblical': Contexts and Starting Pointsp. 1The scholarly context of the debatep. 5The personal context of this projectp. 16The biographical context of the gospels' genrep. 19Conclusionp. 31Jesus of Nazareth: Great Moral Teacher or Friend of Sinners?p. 33Beginning with the historical Jesusp. 34Jesus' ethical teaching - his wordsp. 40Jesus' ethical example - his deedsp. 62Conclusionp. 78Paul: Follower or Founder?p. 81Paul's Christologyp. 83Paul's letters in their settingp. 90Ethics, eschatology and theologyp. 98Paul, love and the lawp. 107Ethical issues in early Pauline communitiesp. 116The imitation of Jesus in Paulp. 138Conclusionp. 154Mark: Suffering for the Kingdomp. 155Mark's Christologyp. 160Mark's setting and eschatologyp. 166The law and lovep. 169Ethical issues in Markp. 172Following and imitating Jesus, the friend of sinnersp. 179Conclusionp. 184Matthew: Being Truly Righteousp. 187Matthew's Christologyp. 189Matthew's setting and eschatologyp. 199The law and lovep. 203Ethical issues in Matthewp. 212Imitating Jesus, the friend of sinnersp. 218Conclusionp. 224Luke-Acts: A Universal Concernp. 227Luke's Christologyp. 230Luke's setting and eschatologyp. 246The law and lovep. 250Ethical issues in Lukep. 260Imitating Jesus, the friend of sinnersp. 274Conclusionp. 282John: Teaching the Truth in Lovep. 285John's Christologyp. 292John's setting and eschatologyp. 307Judaism, the law and lovep. 312Ethical issues in Johnp. 330Imitating Jesus, the friend of sinnersp. 334Conclusionp. 345Apartheid: An Ethical and Generic Challenge to Reading the New Testamentp. 347Using the New Testament todayp. 352Obeying rules and prescriptive commandsp. 363Looking for principles and universal valuesp. 368Following examples and paradigmsp. 376Embracing an overall symbolic worldviewp. 382Reading together in an inclusive communityp. 388Conclusionp. 406Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.