John Barton

Ethics in Ancient Israel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers ethical thinking in ancient Israel in the period from the 8th to the 2nd century BC.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780199660438
• ISBN-10: 0199660433
• Artikelnr.: 47866080

Autorenporträt

John Barton is Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. His publications include The Theology of the Book of Amos (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Oracles of God: Perceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Israel after the Exile (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreward
Introduction
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: Sin, impurity, and forgiveness
8: The Consequences of Action
9: Ethical Digests
10: The Moral Character of God
Conclusion
Bibliography