Ethical and unethical in the Old Testament : God and humans in dialogue /
Ethical and unethical in the Old Testament : God and humans in dialogue /
edited by Katharine J. Dell.
- New York : T & T Clark, ©2010.
- 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 528 T & T Clark library of biblical studies .
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 528. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Old Testament texts and genres. The ethics of Eden : truth-telling in Genesis 2-3 / Desire for ethics or the ethics of desire? / Psalm 101 and the ethics of kingship / The ethics of warfare and the holy war tradition in the book of Judges / Prophecy, ethics, and the divine anger / Justice for whom? : social and environmental ethics and the Hebrew prophets / The dark side of God in the Old Testament / The ethics of friendship in Wisdom Literature / What makes the strange woman of Proverbs 1-9 strange? / Does God behave unethically in the book of Job? / Snakes and ladders : levels of biblical law / Post-biblical perspectives. Family values in the Second Temple period / Ethical stance as an authorial issue in the Targums / Death and justice : shifting paradigms in the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism / Robert P. Gordon. Diana Lipton. Andrew Mein. Janet Tollington. Ronald E. Clements. Hilary Marlow. John Barton. Graham Davies. Daniel J. Estes. Katharine J. Dell. Philip Jenson -- Charlotte Hempel. Carol A. Dray. Ed Noort.
Whilst there has been much interest in the application of ethics to the Old Testament, the focus is not generally the other way around: allowing the Old Testament to speak for itself as to ethical behaviour. Contributors discuss the ethical behaviour of Biblical characters.
9780567012357 (electronic bk.) 0567012352 (electronic bk.) 1283192004 9781283192002
9780567012357 codeMantra
GBB995275 bnb
019404240 Uk
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.
Ethics in the Bible.
Morale dans la Bible.
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Ethics in the Bible.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1199.E8 / E85 2010eb
221.6
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Old Testament texts and genres. The ethics of Eden : truth-telling in Genesis 2-3 / Desire for ethics or the ethics of desire? / Psalm 101 and the ethics of kingship / The ethics of warfare and the holy war tradition in the book of Judges / Prophecy, ethics, and the divine anger / Justice for whom? : social and environmental ethics and the Hebrew prophets / The dark side of God in the Old Testament / The ethics of friendship in Wisdom Literature / What makes the strange woman of Proverbs 1-9 strange? / Does God behave unethically in the book of Job? / Snakes and ladders : levels of biblical law / Post-biblical perspectives. Family values in the Second Temple period / Ethical stance as an authorial issue in the Targums / Death and justice : shifting paradigms in the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism / Robert P. Gordon. Diana Lipton. Andrew Mein. Janet Tollington. Ronald E. Clements. Hilary Marlow. John Barton. Graham Davies. Daniel J. Estes. Katharine J. Dell. Philip Jenson -- Charlotte Hempel. Carol A. Dray. Ed Noort.
Whilst there has been much interest in the application of ethics to the Old Testament, the focus is not generally the other way around: allowing the Old Testament to speak for itself as to ethical behaviour. Contributors discuss the ethical behaviour of Biblical characters.
9780567012357 (electronic bk.) 0567012352 (electronic bk.) 1283192004 9781283192002
9780567012357 codeMantra
GBB995275 bnb
019404240 Uk
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.
Ethics in the Bible.
Morale dans la Bible.
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Ethics in the Bible.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1199.E8 / E85 2010eb
221.6