Sexual Ethics and The New Testament: Behavior and Belief - Companions to the New Testament
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- You want a focused, academic introduction to New Testament sexual ethics.
- You teach or study biblical ethics, history, or pastoral applications.
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- You expect devotional or devotional-only guidance rather than scholarly analysis.
- You want broad modern sexual ethics without primary-text focus.
- You need the newest edition, freshest examples, or the most current framing.
Summary
Raymond F. Collins examines New Testament writings to map their ethical teachings on sex, situating behavior within historical, literary, and theological contexts in a compact, accessible volume.
Edition on file: 2000 • Natl Book Network • 216 pages • ISBN 9780824518011.
Why this book now
Ongoing debates about religion, sex, and ethics make a clear, historically grounded examination of New Testament perspectives especially relevant for readers and students.
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At about 216 pages, the book is a manageable, chaptered read—suitable for several focused sessions or a short course over a few weeks.
What stands out here
This edition offers Collins's concise synthesis emphasizing textual evidence and ethical interpretation rather than polemics or extended theological system-building.
Best way to approach it
Read with a New Testament text nearby: follow Collins’s citations, pause at case passages, and reflect on historical context before drawing contemporary applications.
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