Ethics and the Old Testament
By: John Barton.
Contributors: University of Victoria (B.C.). Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.
Edition: 1st North American ed.
Publisher: Trinity Press International
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Harrisburg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Ethics in the Bible.
Description: "John Barton is convinced that in many areas of ethical enquiry the Old Testament has much to teach us, and he argues his case in this new book, which developed out of lectures given both in Canada and in Oxford. During it he looks again at the Ten Commandments; the narrative about David and his children; the ethical issues of ecology, sexual morality and property; human morality as the express command of God; and the motivation for moral conduct."--BOOK JACKET. "By the end of the book it is clear that although the Old Testament comes to us from a remote, alien and apparently unsophisticated context, the powerful minds who worked on its books still have things to say which remain evocative and suggestive for our own moral enquiries."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-100).
"The 1997 Diocese of British Columbia John Albert Hall lectures at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society in the University of Victoria."