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Love Thy Neighbor: The Expansive Command

Author(s) -

Steven R. Bishop

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

socio-historical examination of religion and ministry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2637-7519

pISSN - 2637-7500

DOI - 10.33929/sherm.2020.vol2.no2.08

Subject(s) - expansive , gospel , morality , context (archaeology) , reading (process) , literature , group (periodic table) , philosophy , virtue , history , art , linguistics , epistemology , archaeology , materials science , compressive strength , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material

John Hartung asserted in “Love Thy Neighbor: The Evolution of In-Group Morality” that the command to love, and the later use of it by Jesus, does not apply to everyone but only to those within one’s own group. Through a close reading of Leviticus and the Gospel of Matthew, this essay questions Hartung’s hermeneutic and assesses his conclusion as erroneous. By interrogating the world of the text using a literary method, this essay argues for an appreciation of the complexity of the language and the importance of literary context.

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