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What is ethics?Ethics is not merely about tricky situations or hot topics. Instead, ethics asks questions about what sort of people we are, how we think, what sort of things we do and don't do, and how we ought to live our everyday lives.How might we learn ethics from the Old Testament? Instead of searching for support for our positions or pointing out problems with certain passages, trusted guide John Goldingay urges us to let the Old Testament itself set the agenda. In this volume, readers will encounter what the Old Testament teaches about relationships, work, Sabbath, character, and…mehr
What is ethics?Ethics is not merely about tricky situations or hot topics. Instead, ethics asks questions about what sort of people we are, how we think, what sort of things we do and don't do, and how we ought to live our everyday lives.How might we learn ethics from the Old Testament? Instead of searching for support for our positions or pointing out problems with certain passages, trusted guide John Goldingay urges us to let the Old Testament itself set the agenda. In this volume, readers will encounter what the Old Testament teaches about relationships, work, Sabbath, character, and more.Featuring Goldingay's own translation and discussion questions for group use, Old Testament Ethics: A Guided Tour is a resource for ethics like no other. Topically organized with short, stand-alone chapters, this book is one to keep close at hand.
John Goldingay (PhD, University of Nottingham; DD, Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth) is professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, but lives in Oxford, England. He was previously principal and professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at St. John's Theological College in Nottingham, England. His books include An Introduction to the Old Testament, A Reader's Guide to the Bible, Reading Jesus's Bible, and commentaries on Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel. He has also authored a Biblical Theology, the three-volume Old Testament Theology and the seventeen-volume Old Testament for Everyone series, and has published a translation of the entire Old Testament called The First Testament: A New Translation.
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Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Qualities 1. Godlikeness 2. Compassion 3. Honor 4. Anger 5. Trust 6. Truthfulness 7. Forthrightness 8. Contentment Part Two: Aspects of Life 9. Mind and Heart 10. Wealth 11. Violence 12. Shalom 13. Justice 14. Reparation 15. Sabbath 16. Animals 17. Work Part Three: Relationships 18. Friends 19. Neighbors 20. Women 21. Good Husbands, Good Wives 22. Who You Can't Have Sex With 23. People Who Can't Undertake a Regular Marriage 24. Parents and Children 25. Nations 26. Migrants 27. Cities 28. Leaders Part Four: Texts 29. Genesis 1: In the Beginning 30. Genesis 2: To Put It Another Way 31. Leviticus 25: Sabbaths for the Land and the Jubilee 32. Deuteronomy 15: When a Family's Life Falls Apart 33. Deuteronomy 20: How (Not) to Make War 34. Ruth: Commitment 35. Psalm 72: The Exercise of Authority with Faithfulness 36. The Song of Songs: Sex Part Five: People 37. Abraham 38. Sarah and Hagar 39. Joseph 40. Shiphrah and Puah, Yokebed and Miryam 41. David 42. Nehemiah 43. Vashti, Esther, and Mordecai Conclusion Postscript: But What About the Canaanites? Subject List Scripture Index
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Qualities 1. Godlikeness 2. Compassion 3. Honor 4. Anger 5. Trust 6. Truthfulness 7. Forthrightness 8. Contentment Part Two: Aspects of Life 9. Mind and Heart 10. Wealth 11. Violence 12. Shalom 13. Justice 14. Reparation 15. Sabbath 16. Animals 17. Work Part Three: Relationships 18. Friends 19. Neighbors 20. Women 21. Good Husbands, Good Wives 22. Who You Can't Have Sex With 23. People Who Can't Undertake a Regular Marriage 24. Parents and Children 25. Nations 26. Migrants 27. Cities 28. Leaders Part Four: Texts 29. Genesis 1: In the Beginning 30. Genesis 2: To Put It Another Way 31. Leviticus 25: Sabbaths for the Land and the Jubilee 32. Deuteronomy 15: When a Family's Life Falls Apart 33. Deuteronomy 20: How (Not) to Make War 34. Ruth: Commitment 35. Psalm 72: The Exercise of Authority with Faithfulness 36. The Song of Songs: Sex Part Five: People 37. Abraham 38. Sarah and Hagar 39. Joseph 40. Shiphrah and Puah, Yokebed and Miryam 41. David 42. Nehemiah 43. Vashti, Esther, and Mordecai Conclusion Postscript: But What About the Canaanites? Subject List Scripture Index
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