Ethics In Ancient Israel
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Author | : John Barton |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199660433 |
This book considers ethical thinking in ancient Israel in the period from the 8th to the 2nd century BC.
Author | : John Barton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Establishing the relevance of Old Testament ethics to contemporary life is an uphill task, but by the en d of Barton''s book it is clear that although the Old Testame nt comes to us from a remote context it still has some evoca tive things to say. '
Author | : Jeffrey A. Fager |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1993-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 056762319X |
The biblical jubilee represents one of the most radical programmes for land reform from the ancient Near East, yet it was never practised in ancient Israel. What then is the meaning of this sacred law that was never enforced? This cogently argued book attempts to answer that question by using the tools of sociological analysis. Fager examines three levels of meaning within the jubilee legislation, which was produced by the priestly intellectuals during the period of exile. The actual words of the text carry one meaning and the priests intended a slightly different meaning, but underlying both was a moral world view that guided them. The laws of the biblical jubilee thus enable us to examine the deepest level of the ancient Israelites' understanding of land and justice.
Author | : John Barton |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2014-11-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0191635995 |
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. Professor 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. Moreover, he examines ideas of reward and punishment, purity and impurity, the status of moral agents and patients, imitation of God, and the image of God in humanity. Barton maintains that ethical thinking can be found not only in laws but also in the wisdom literature, in the Psalms, and in narrative texts. There is much interaction with recent scholarship in both English and German. The book features discussion of comparative material from other ancient Near Eastern cultures and a chapter on short summaries of moral teaching, such as the Ten Commandments. This innovative work should be of interest to those concerned with the interpretation of the Old Testament but also to students of ethics.
Author | : Christopher J.H. Wright |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2013-01-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830864946 |
Nothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Christopher Wright examines a theological, social, and economic framework for Old Testament ethics, exploring themes in relation to contemporary issues: economics, the land and the poor, politics and a world of nations, law and justice, society and culture, and the way of the individual.
Author | : Cyril S. Rodd |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2001-08-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0567087530 |
In this challenging book Cyril Rodd questions many of the assumptions that lie behind recent studies of Old Testament ethics. He views the 'strangeness' of the biblical world and wonders whether there is an Old Testament ethics in the modern sense of the word - finding rather that the Old Testament writers did not regard many of today's ethical dilemmas as problems at all.Dr Rodd examines all the Old Testament writings on five ethical issues: the poor, war, treatment of animals, ecology and the position of women. He considers their validity and relevance for today and discusses the extent to which they can be referred to for authority - or for inspiration and guidance..
Author | : John William Rogerson |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 082647165X |
In the last two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in the value of the Old Testament for modern ethical questions. John Rogerson is a scholar who has dedicated much of is academic life to probing the possibility of the abiding significance of the Old Testament for moral issues today. This volume brings together for the first time many of his contributions--both published and unpublished -- to Old Testament social ethics. This volume can serve both as a general reference work as well as a textbook for classes in Old Testament ethics at seminaries and theological colleges.
Author | : Joel B. Green |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2013-12-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441245677 |
The acclaimed Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (DSE), written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, offered needed orientation and perspective on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics. This book-by-book survey of the Old Testament features key articles from the DSE, bringing together a stellar list of contributors to introduce students to the use of the Old Testament for moral formation. It will serve as an excellent supplementary text. The stellar list of contributors includes Bruce Birch, Mark Boda, William Brown, Stephen Chapman, Daniel Harrington, and Dennis Olson.
Author | : John Barton |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664225964 |
Written by one of the world's most widely respected biblical scholars, this volume sets out detailed recommendations for the future of the discipline.
Author | : Katharine J. Dell |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2010-09-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0567012352 |
This volume is interested in what the Old Testament and beyond (Dead Sea Scrolls and Targum) has to say about ethical behaviour through its characters, through its varying portrayals of God and humanity in mutual dialogue and through its authors. It covers a wide range of genres of Old Testament material such as law, prophecy and wisdom. It takes key themes such as friendship and the holy war tradition and it considers key texts. It considers authorial intention in the portrayal of ethical stances. It also links up with wider ethical issues such as the environment and human engagement with the 'dark side' of God. It is a multi-authored volume, but the unifying theme was made clear at the start and contributors have worked to that remit. This has resulted in a wide-ranging and fascinating insight into a neglected area, but one that is starting to receive increased attention in the biblical area.