| Understanding Old Testament Ethics: Approaches and Explorations Contributor(s): Barton, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664225969 ISBN-13: 9780664225964 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $37.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2003 Annotation: Written by one of the world's most widely respected biblical scholars, this volume sets out detailed recommendations for the future of the discipline. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
| Dewey: 241 |
| LCCN: 2002028065 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.08" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How can we best understand the different ways in which ethical issues are addressed in the Hebrew Bible? And how might that understanding usefully inform ethical decision making in our own day? These are the two key questions explored by John Barton in Part One of this study, in which he looks at how the Bible's narratives, as well as its collections of laws, oracles and wisdom writings, all contribute to our understanding of the whole. In Part Two, he focuses on the moral vision of the Prophets--especially Amos, Isaiah and Daniel--providing the reader with the fruits of his research in this area over the last few decades. The result is a book that enables students of the Bible, Ethics, and other theological disciplines to firmly grasp the main issues at stake in current scholarly debate about the ethical legacy of the Old Testament. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barton, John: - John Barton is Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford in England. His publications include The Oxford Bible Commentary, The Original Story, Understanding Old Testament Ethics (WJK), and How the Bible Came to Be (WJK). |