Buy new:
$120.00
FREE delivery Saturday, May 11
Ships from: Amazon.com
Sold by: Amazon.com
$120.00
FREE Returns
FREE delivery Saturday, May 11
Or fastest delivery Thursday, May 9. Order within 20 hrs 20 mins
In Stock
$$120.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$120.00
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon.com
Ships from
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Returns
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
$59.99
Some excessive markings in text, cover shows light wear with tight binding. Ships same day as ordered on most orders. Some excessive markings in text, cover shows light wear with tight binding. Ships same day as ordered on most orders. See less
FREE delivery Friday, May 10. Details
Or fastest delivery Thursday, May 9. Details
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
$$120.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$120.00
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Ships from and sold by kozybooks85.
Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

Richard B. Hays
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

The Moral Vision of the New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction To New Testament Ethics Paperback – February 1, 1997

by Richard B. Hays (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 231 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$120.00","priceAmount":120.00,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"120","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"00","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"sBxWRS%2BuJl0%2F9Nk0oq9eRip8qRYYLvEbWt3Dj9NS8Fk4yprh%2FPwo4tXogE9feLMXTrdo5FuKbbqz0h9igVVyA9w2TwKvStCBg7tQHW5ZL2S6ASXujtgN1%2FYsNdPSy8x4G%2F0U7tseyNo%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$59.99","priceAmount":59.99,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"59","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"99","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"sBxWRS%2BuJl0%2F9Nk0oq9eRip8qRYYLvEb%2BVar4qaA%2BMTDTC0iy1dQ4gtB6AAZ5LHn1sJsILluwaI%2FeKXnAoMfBNTcUECgybUClfRz4UixatT2kyB5M%2BAYtm3Fys%2FYll%2FAaAcdS8Yht5X3Jys7EVvMuXjwMiaxdrqvxqeflWweQqvt2u%2FQIfrw%2BA%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

Richard Hays explores the ethical values and dynamics with which Jesus himself lived to show how the New Testament provides challenging moral guidance on some of the most important contemporary ethical issues.
Previous page
  1. Print length
    528 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    T & T Clark International
  4. Publication date
    February 1, 1997
  5. Dimensions
    6.14 x 1.19 x 9.21 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0567085694
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0567085696
  8. See all details
Next page
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

Frequently bought together

The Moral Vision of the New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction To New Testament Ethics
$120.00
Get it as soon as Saturday, May 11
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
$38.65
Get it as soon as Saturday, May 11
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
+
Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance
$39.99
Get it as soon as Saturday, May 11
In Stock
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
Details
Added to Cart
Choose items to buy together.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ T & T Clark International; 1st edition (February 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0567085694
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0567085696
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.72 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 1.19 x 9.21 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 231 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Richard B. Hays

Richard B. Hays

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Richard B. Hays (Ph.D. Emory University) is Dean and George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. He is internationally recognized for his work on the letters of Paul and New Testament ethics. His books include The Moral Vision of the New Testament, The Faith of Jesus Christ, Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul, a commentary on 1 Corinthians, and The Conversion of the Imagination. His most recent publication is entitled Reading Backwards, a book about the interpretation of the Old Testament in the Gospels. Dean Hays is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church.

Customer reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5 out of 5
231 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Stu2
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Ethics comes from Good Bible Interpretation & Understanding
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2014
Verified Purchase
Hays suggests the New Testament vision of Community, the Cross and New Creation as themes for approaching ethical issues. He readily acknowledges that not all ethical issues are directly addressed by the New Testament, but suggests that by employing the vision contained within these themes we will be able to give a coherent and responsible Christian response to ethical issues. Not that this is easy to live out, as he relates in is own experience of living in a community that shared possessions for several years. Yes, it will be difficult and costly, but that's the nature of being a Christian.

I love this book because Hays does a fantastic job of handling the Bible with respect and great skill; he takes the Biblical teaching seriously and does not ignore or dismiss those passages that are unpalatable. Neither does he fall into shallow proof-texting, or a flat reading of Biblical passages. Not only is this a great ethics book, it also a great hermeneutics book on how to understand and interpret the Bible. I wish I had read this book sooner.
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Sam White
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Food for Thought
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2013
Verified Purchase
Great food for thought and reflection. He genuinely seeks to take the Bible for what it says, though he is more moderate in his assessments of the Bible's historicity, at times.

Begins by working through morality as seen through different parts/books of the Bible. A good foundation before he gets into more theory as to how one interprets the Bible for ethics, and gives tools for interpretation.

The final section deals with some specific ethical issues. From my standpoint, fairly conservative, for the most part I agree with his assessments both of the issues and the way we treat people, whether we agree with them or not. He seems to encourage love for the person even when there is disagreement with their ethical stance and lifestyle.

I would recommend this book very highly and plan to use it in an ethics class that I will be teaching.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
K. James
4.0 out of 5 stars Careful, challenging exegesis of New Testament ethics
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018
Verified Purchase
I liked the carefulness and humility that Richard Hays shows when interpreting the New testament. He doesn't flinch from it's challenging commands or problematic texts. He centers his interpretation of the New Testament around three focal images: Community, Cross, and New Creation. This framework is really helpful for thinking through the various implications of the New Testament. Hays shows how many significant ethical implications of the New Testament have been largely ignored by Christians who claim to hold it as their authority. Specifically the New Testaments call to non-violence and the sharing of possessions.

I didn't give it five stars because Hays left a couple big questions unanswered - is God speaking in the New Testament and subsequently is the text that God speaks through accurate in its portayal of Jesus and the Apostles? At various points he'll say that Paul didn't write a text attributed to him or that certain parts of the Gospels are later interpolations into the text. I'm well aware of how common these theories are in the academy, but Hays professes to be a Christian and the church is part of his audience. So how does Hays handle the questions raised by the theory that some parts of the New Testament bear false witness about the life and work of Jesus? The question has ethical import, and in his book on ethics, he leaves the question mostly untouched.

This complaint considered, Hays books is still a valuable contribution to our understanding of how the New Testament calls the church to act. Hays is inviting the church into this great conversation of ethics based on what God has done in Jesus, and we do well to join him in that conversation.
13 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
J. Barginear
5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding and Living the Scriptures
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2011
Verified Purchase
Very good book on Ethics ( I don't agree with every assumption , interpretation or conclusion). Dr. Richard Hays uses a Synthetic task (placing the text in canonical context) the focal images of Community, Cross and New Creation, which is intelligent but the Individual must have an intimate, love, fellowshipping, faith, relationship first with God. They must have been Born again by Grace through Faith; in Repentance ,Water Baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and filled with the Holy Ghost- Speaking in tongues, then live out the Christian life in Context of the Community/ Church. Yet there must be a personal/ individual study of the Word of God (Bible),obedient faith, worship and praise etc. Also "Love" is Key for God "is" Love and the Love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. Therefore, giving us the ability to Love God with all of our heart, soul, minds and strength and our neighbors as our selves. And Without Faith it's impossible to please God for the individual must believe that he is and he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Here are two Quotes from the book:

"The Church has failed to teach that love is an act of the will, that marriage mirrors the costly fidelity of Christ to the Church , and the power of God can transform us and redeem situations that look hopeless."

"If reconcilable tensions exist between moral vision of the New Testament and that of particular Old Testament texts, the New Testament vision trumps the Old Testament. Just as the New Testament texts render judgments superseding the Old Testament requirements of circumcision, and dietary laws, just as the New Testament forbidding of divorce supersedes the Old Testament permission of it So also Jesus' explicit teaching example of "NONVIOLENCE" reshapes our understanding of God and the covenant community in such a way that "KILLING ENEMIES" is no longer a justifiable option." (All caps and quotations marks are added)
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Harmonious
5.0 out of 5 stars It stresses the greatness of the Christian message
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2019
Verified Purchase
This is another home run from Richard Hays. With this thoughtful and well argued volume, Mr Hays, instead of giving us a fish, taught us how to fish. Mr Hays beautifully explains us the gist of Christian hermeneutics and, in the process, presents us the Soul of Christianism. Mr Hays' assessment of Christian ethics and morality is thought provoking. By reading this book, I was able to better glimpse the greatness of Christianity.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
danilo
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on ethics I read so far
Reviewed in Germany on October 1, 2022
Verified Purchase
It is a shame this book is not as popular today as it deserves. Impeccable exegesis and practical questions are asked and answered in this book.

Hopefully I'll be published again soon
Report
Mr. G. L. Erlandson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2017
Verified Purchase
Excellent product. Really well written. Kindle version easy to view and handle as well. Thoroughly recommended.
One person found this helpful
 Report
Cliente Amazon
1.0 out of 5 stars A good book… very bad printing for such a price
Reviewed in Spain on April 10, 2018
Verified Purchase
The contents of the book are very interesting and I was really willing to pay a high price for this book. The typography and printing is however so poor that it seems it has been photocopied rather than printed. That's really not ok.
Report
David
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book to make the case that the New Testament ...
Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2015
Verified Purchase
This is an excellent book to make the case that the New Testament promotes a strong moral ethic that supports the notion of objective morality grounded on the character and purposes of God and His Kingdom and that it is given for the benefit and flourishing of mankind. He argues that while there is some interpretive latitude that allows for a level of diversity in our conclusions each book of the New Testament has a central argument that shapes the overall moral vision of the New Testament. It is a great book to refute the idea that interpretive differences make use of the Bible inadequate for making moral judgments and argues that the concept of love is insufficient as a ground of coherence for the New Testament’s moral vision.The scholarship is sound and his grasp of the New Testament qualifies him to address the issue with credibility.
Report
Dr. Yuriy Shchurko
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on this topic!
Reviewed in Germany on June 17, 2015
Verified Purchase
The book is written by one of the bests New Testament scholar in very understandable manner. It explains wide spectrum of very important issues. Everyone who is interested in the message of the New testament has to read this.
Report