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First published in 1968—and out of print since the 1980s—Victor Paul Furnish’s treatment of Paul’s theology and ethics has long been regarded as the key scholarly statement and most useful textbook on Paul’s thought. Now, Theology and Ethics in Paul is available once again as part of the Westminster John Knox Press New Testament Library. Featuring a new introduction from Richard Hays, this...

in his letters does he deal in a deliberative, reflective, critical way with the questions which an ethicist per se must always examine. The apostle himself seems not to have conceived of any special “ethical” side to his message or mission7 and certainly never attempts appraisal or even presentation of ethical principles, norms, or theories. As virtually every interpreter of Paul has emphasized, his letters offer no self-conscious, systematic analysis of the ground, motives, forms, or goals of
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