| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 528 |
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies |
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 528.
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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| Contents |
Old Testament texts and genres. The ethics of Eden : truth-telling in Genesis 2-3 / Robert P. Gordon. Desire for ethics or the ethics of desire? / Diana Lipton. Psalm 101 and the ethics of kingship / Andrew Mein. The ethics of warfare and the holy war tradition in the book of Judges / Janet Tollington. Prophecy, ethics, and the divine anger / Ronald E. Clements. Justice for whom? : social and environmental ethics and the Hebrew prophets / Hilary Marlow. The dark side of God in the Old Testament / John Barton. The ethics of friendship in Wisdom Literature / Graham Davies. What makes the strange woman of Proverbs 1-9 strange? / Daniel J. Estes. Does God behave unethically in the book of Job? / Katharine J. Dell. Snakes and ladders : levels of biblical law / Philip Jenson -- Post-biblical perspectives. Family values in the Second Temple period / Charlotte Hempel. Ethical stance as an authorial issue in the Targums / Carol A. Dray. Death and justice : shifting paradigms in the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism / Ed Noort |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Ethics in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
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Ethics in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dell, Katharine J. (Katharine Julia), 1961-
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| ISBN |
9780567012357 |
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0567012352 |
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1283192004 |
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9781283192002 |
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