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- Title: Diversity in the New Testament.
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 245 KB
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I have struggled much of my career to understand and appreciate diversity among different writings in the New Testament. Each writing, including the different letters of Paul, has its own distinctive worldview: its understanding of God, view of Jesus and his work, depiction of the human condition, ethical standards, image of true com munity, and so on. The differences may be attributed to the author, locale, time of writing, background, audience, social location, cultural context, and circumstances addressed. Whatever the reasons for the diversity, the implications are significant. We cannot simply gloss over the differences (by looking only for common denominators) or harmonize them (as if they could be combined into one viewpoint) or level them under one perspective (such as law and gospel) or simplify them (by claiming a gospel in a nutshell that applies to all). Overlooking the differences will lead us to put things into a hodgepodge of ideas from the New Testament (selectively chosen by us) or simply to read selected New Testament passages in a modern framework. Either way, we end up with a gospel according to ourselves, whoever may be doing the interpretation. We need to honor the multiple "gospels" in the New Testament. What follows is a very brief sketch of seven different writings in the New Testament, designed not to exhaust the themes and purposes of these writings but to illustrate the obvious diversity that exists among them.
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