Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics

by Joel B. Green

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2011

Overview

This one-stop reference book on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics offers helpful orientation and perspective for students, pastors, and scholars. Written to respond to biblical scholars and ethicists’ movement to recover the Bible for moral formation, it’s the best reference work available on the intersection of these two fields. The volume shows how Christian Scripture and Christian ethics are necessarily intertwined and offers up-to-date treatment of five hundred biblical, traditional, and contemporary topics, including tithing, euthanasia, the Trinity, population policy and control, healthcare systems in Scripture, the seven deadly sins, idolatry, the image of God, terrorism, the Sermon on the Mount, vegetarianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. The stellar ecumenical list of contributors consists of more than two hundred leading scholars from the fields of biblical studies and ethics.

Whether you’re a student, scholar, pastor, or professor, Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics provokes you to read the Bible honestly—to let it surprise, challenge, and correct you as you apply the many steps of interpretation. By using the tools included in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, you’ll approach Bible study with more depth and understanding. Integrate the practical methods found in this volume with your preferred Bible, the Passage Guide, and the other Bible study tools in Logos Bible Software—then dive into Bible study with a vast knowledge base right before your eyes.

Key Features

Contents

• Includes contributions from more than two hundred leading biblical scholars
• Features a wide diversity of theological and ecumenical standpoints
• Shows how Christian Scripture is involved in five hundred different topical entries

Endorsements

Top Highlights

“Ethics may be defined as disciplined reflection concerning moral conduct and character. In Scripture, such reflection is always disciplined by convictions about God’s will and way and by commitments to be faithful to God. Biblical ethics is inalienably theological.” (Page 5)

“Similarly, the use of ‘homosexual’ is problematic because it suggests that the biblical authors had an understanding of homosexuality that parallels our contemporary understanding, resulting in potentially anachronistic readings of Scripture.” (Page 372)

“A fundamental question within the church has been whether the full inclusion of LGBT persons of faith represents a prophetic movement of God’s Spirit parallel to the full inclusion of women and racial/ethnic minorities in the church, or whether it represents a movement away from fidelity to a normative understanding of human sexuality as revealed in Scripture and tradition.” (Page 371)

“The fundamental unity of biblical ethics is simply this: there is one God in Scripture, and it is that one God who calls forth the creative reflection and faithful response of those who would be God’s people.” (Page 5)

“Second, justice appears more as a moral principle or ideal in the way it is used by the prophets and in the book of Psalms.” (Page 435)

Product Details

• Title: Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics
• Author: Joel B. Green
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Ethics in the Bible › Dictionaries; Christian ethics › Biblical teaching--Dictionaries
• ISBNs: 9781441252449, 9780801034060, 1441252444, 080103406X
• Resource ID: LLS:DICTSCRETHGREEN
• Resource Type: Encyclopedia
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-08-11T22:28:22Z

About Joel B. Green

Joel B. Green has been associate dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies since 2008 and professor of New Testament interpretation at Fuller since 2007; prior to that, he served for 10 years at Asbury Theological Seminary as professor of New Testament interpretation, as dean of the School of Theology, and as provost. Green has written or edited 30 books, including four that have won awards: In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind-Body Problem (with Stuart Palmer), Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology (with Paul J. Achtemeier and Marianne Meye Thompson), The Gospel of Luke, and Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (with Scot McKnight).