{"product_id":"love-your-enemies-a-history-of-the-tradition-and-interpretation-of-its-uses-jesus-love-command-in-the-synoptic-gospels-and-the-early-christian-par-9781433534751","title":"Love Your Enemies (a History of the Tradition and Interpretation of Its Uses): Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Par","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Love Your Enemies...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the few statements Jesus made that is readily accepted by believers and skeptics alike. Its authenticity is not seriously questioned and yet it is a revolutionary command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving attention to various critical theories, John Piper presents evidence that the early church earnestly advocated for non-retaliatory love, extending it to those who practiced evil in the world. Such love was key to the church's own ethical tradition or paraenesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiper illuminates the Synoptics and passages in Romans, as well as 1 Thessalonians and 1 Peter, with non-canonical evidence, investigating the theological significance of Jesus's love command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as #38 in the Society for New Testament Studies \u003cem\u003eMonograph Series\u003c\/em\u003e, this is John Piper's doctoral dissertation from the University of Munich. It is a serious work of Christian scholarship by a long-time respected author and pastor. This repackaged edition features a new, extensive introduction and will be of interest to scholars, students, and lay people who have training in New Testament studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crossway Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433534751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"John Piper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138777067701,"sku":"9781433534751","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_97111bcf-2ebb-4752-b2de-943ff8df8f47.jpg?v=1622518197","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/love-your-enemies-a-history-of-the-tradition-and-interpretation-of-its-uses-jesus-love-command-in-the-synoptic-gospels-and-the-early-christian-par-9781433534751","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}