Description
Book SynopsisBrings the New Testament concept of love into conversation with the current discussion about love. Oda Wischmeyer investigates the commandment tradition of love for God and for neighbour, the ways in which the Septuagint and Plutarch speak of love, and the innovative concepts of love developed by Paul and John.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: From Commandment to Concept
- 1 The Love Commandment in the New Testament
- 2 Historical Contexts
- 3 ἀγάπη in the Texts of the New Testament
- 4 The Concept of Love (ἀγάπη/ἀγαπᾷν) in the Writings of the New Testament
- 5 Alternative and Counter-Conceptions in the Early Jewish and Early Christian World
- 6 The Concept of Agape and Current Conceptions of Love
- Looking Forward: The New Testament Concept of Love
