Title Theory and practice in Old Testament ethics / John Rogerson ; edited and with an introduction by M. Daniel Carroll R

Published London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 153 pages) Series Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 405 Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 405. Contents Part I. Old Testament as a source for Christian ethics -- Old Testament and social and moral questions -- Christian morality and the Old Testament -- Old Testament and Christian ethics -- Part II. Contribution of philosophical ethics to the study of Old Testament ethics -- Life and death between creation and fall: some theological reflections on life issues -- t 'What does it mean to be human?': the central question of Old Testament theology? -- Discourse and biblical ethics -- Ethical experience in the Old Testament: legislative or communicative rationality? -- Part III. Relevance of the Old Tetstament for modern social issues -- Old Testament and the debate about nuclear disarmament -- Using the Bible in the debate about abortion -- Use of the Old Testament, with reference to work and unemployment -- Welfare: some theoretical reflections -- Enemy in the Old Testament -- Family and structures of grace in the Old Testament -- Part IV. Old Testament ethics and Christian faith -- Exegesis and world order -- John Rogerson: personal reflections on the Christian foundations of Old Testament ethics Summary 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 his 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 This volume brings together for the first time many of his contributions - both published and unpublished - to Old Testament social ethics. Rogerson's essays cover a wide range of modern social issues including: using the Bible in the debate about abortion; the Old Testament and nuclear disarmament Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT 880-01 Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013769 880-01/(S Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprγ̐ưetation, etc Bible. Old Testament. fast (OCoLC)fst01808092 Bibel Altes Testament gnd Subject 880-02 Ethics in the Bible. 880-02/(S Morale chrγ̐ưetienne Christian ethics. RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics. Ethics in the Bible. Christian ethics. Oude Testament. Ethik Ethiek. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Carroll R., M. Daniel. ISBN 9780826443977 0826443974 1281803227 9781281803221 9786611803223 661180322X

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