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 o

In these lectures, as in his writings, Hays' passion for getting the story right and his conviction that Christians today are part of that story, become apparen

In contrast to many studies of New Testament ethics, which treat the New Testament in general and Paul in particular, this book focuses on the person of Jesus h

By the time Christianity became a political and cultural force in the Roman Empire, it had come to embody a new moral vision. This wise and eloquent book descri

A leading biblical scholar shows that Paul offers a coherent moral vision based on both the story of Christ and the norms of the law.