ISBN:
9780199660438
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 316 S.
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24 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
Year of publication:
2014
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Barton, John, 1948 - Ethics in ancient Israel
DDC:
170.9
Keywords:
Ethics History To 1500
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Jewish ethics
;
Ethics in the Bible
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Ethics History
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To 1500
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Israel
;
Jewish ethics
;
Ethics in the Bible
;
Jewish ethics
;
Jewish ethics
;
Israel
;
Ethik
Abstract:
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. Professor 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. Moreover, he examines ideas of reward and punishment, purity and impurity, the status of moral agents and patients, imitation of God, and the image of God in humanity. Barton maintains that ethical thinking can be found not only in laws but also in the wisdom literature, in the Psalms, and in narrative texts. There is much interaction with recent scholarship in both English and German. The book features discussion of comparative material from other ancient Near Eastern cultures and a chapter on short summaries of moral teaching, such as the Ten Commandments. This innovative work should be of interest to those concerned with the interpretation of the Old Testament but also to students of ethics
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Ethics in Ancient Israel--A Historical Enquiry1. 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and indexes
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