Ethics in Ancient Israel [electronic resource]
Barton, John,1948-Author
'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. 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.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'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. 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.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 4, 2014).
Introduction: Ethics in Ancient Israel--A Historical Enquiry -- 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. Sins, Impurity, and Forgiveness -- 8. The Consequences of Action -- 9. Ethical Digests -- 10. The Moral Character of God -- Conclusion: God and Moral Order in Ancient Israel.
RELIGION
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Ethics
Jewish ethics
Ethics in the Bible
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion
Ethics