| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: Ethics in Ancient Israel, a Historical Enquiry -- 1. The Sources -- 2. Moral Agents and Moral Patients -- 3. Popular Morality, Custom, and Convention -- 4. The Moral Order -- 5. Obedience to God -- 6. Virtue, Character, Moral Formation, and the Ends of Life -- 7. Sins, Impurity, and Forgiveness -- 8. The Consequences of Action -- 9. Ethical Digests -- 10. The Moral Character of God -- Conclusion: God and Moral Order in Ancient Israel |
| Summary |
'Ethics in Ancient Israel' is a study of ethical thinking in ancient Israel from around the eighth to the second century BC. The evidence for this consists primarily of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha, but also other ancient Jewish writings such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and various anonymous and pseudonymous texts from shortly before the New Testament period. John Barton argues that there were several models for thinking about ethics, including a 'divine command' theory, something approximating to natural law, a virtue ethic, and a belief in human custom and convention |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Ethics
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Jewish ethics.
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Conduct of life.
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ethics (philosophical concept)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
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Conduct of life
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Ethics
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Jewish ethics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1322198284 |
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9781322198286 |
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9780191635991 |
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0191635995 |
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