Corpus-Paul

["Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT attbi.com>]

Charles Savelle wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have several questions related to the term SUNEIDHSIS which is usually
> translated "conscience."

[snip]

> 2. Do you think that the translation "conscience" best conveys the sense of
> the term? Why or why not?

In as much as it conveys modern moral theology ideas of a still small voice
inside us telling us what's right and wrong, no. The idea conveyed by the word
is, I believe, involves something public and communal.

> 3. Do you know if  anything has been written recently on this term? (I have
> already consulted LSJ, TDNT, EDNT, TLOT, etc.)

Not recently, but the 1955 work _Conscience in the New Testament_ by C.A, 
Pierce
is a valuable contribution to the topic.
Yours,

Jeffrey Gibson
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