Marxsen examines the New Testament to learn from it what can be distinctively Christian about ethics. He describes and assesses the ethics reflected in the teaching of Jesus, the earliest Christian communities, Paul, and the rest of the New Testament.
Until his death early in 1993, Willi Marxsen was Professor of New Testament at the University of Munster.
Reviews
"Marxsen's book is a serious and engaging effort to reflect theologically about the role of the New Testatment in Christian theological ethics."