Biblical ethics : tensions between justice and mercy, law and love / edited by Markus Zehnder and Peter Wick ; with the assistance of Crystal Melara and Natascha Otte.
Love in the Bible, and law, justice, and mercy : some observations on the semantic profile of the main Hebrew and Greek terms denoting 'love', with a special view on the intersection with terms denoting 'law','justice' and 'mercy' / Markus Zehnder -- Love : the fulfillment of the law and the prophets / Carol J. Dempsey -- Why love matters for justice : political emotions between narrative and law in the Holiness Code / Paavo N. Tucker -- The concept of love as "ethical emotion" in Deuteronomy / Dorothea Erbele-KuĀster -- Justice and mercy in Proverbs : can it be? / Glenn Pemberton -- Hospitality : the nexus between law and love / Mary J. Marshall -- The unity of law and love in Psalm 119 : a Christian reading / Rebecca Burgess -- A marriage of law and love : an exploration of a dialogue between Ruth and Paul / Meghan D. Musy -- Forgiveness as the image of the merciful and just God / Luke Ben Tallon -- The dynamic polarity between justice and mercy in the Old Testament formula of grace (Ex 34:6) and the parable of the unforgiving servant (Mt 18:23-35) / Jens-Christian Maschmeier -- Paul's ethics and Paul's experience : law and love in Galatians / Sean Winter -- 'Revenge is mine, I will pay back' - has mercy not the last word, after all? Reading Romans 12:19 as part of an Implicit discourse of justice and mercy / Dorothea H. Bertschmann -- Love for enemies, justice and the concept of reciprocity in Paul (Rom 12:17-21) and Matthew (Mt 5:43-48) / Jens-Christian Maschmeier -- Mercy and justice or mercy without justice? Comparing James and 1 Peter / Martin I. Webber -- Between partiality and mercy. Tensions in the ethics of the letter of James / Peter Wick.
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