How Long to Read The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics

How Long Does it Take to Read The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 7 minutes to read The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics by Hector Avalos

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Did Jesus ever do anything wrong? Judging by the vast majority of books on New Testament ethics, the answer is a resounding No. Writers on New Testament ethics generally view Jesus as the paradigm of human standards and behaviour. But since the his-torical Jesus was a human being, must he not have had flaws, like everyone else? The notion of a flawless human Jesus is a paradoxical oddity in New Testament ethics. According to Avalos, it shows that New Testament ethics is still primarily an apologetic enterprise de-spite its claim to rest on critical and historical scholarship. The Bad Jesus is a powerful and challenging study, presenting de-tailed case studies of fundamental ethical principles enunciated or practised by Jesus but antithetical to what would be widely deemed 'acceptable' or 'good' today. Such topics include Jesus' supposedly innovative teachings on love, along with his views on hate, violence, imperialism, animal rights, environmental ethics, Judaism, women, disabled persons and biblical hermeneutics. After closely examining arguments offered by those unwilling to find any fault with the Jesus depicted in the Gospels, Avalos concludes that current treatments of New Testament ethics are permeated by a religiocentric, ethnocentric and imperialistic orientation. But if it is to be a credible historical and critical dis-cipline in modern academia, New Testament ethics needs to discover both a Good and a Bad Jesus.

How long is The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics?

The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics by Hector Avalos is 476 pages long, and a total of 121,856 words.

This makes it 161% the length of the average book. It also has 149% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 5 minutes to read The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics aloud.

What Reading Level is The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics?

The Bad Jesus: The Ethics of New Testament Ethics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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