Ethics in Ancient Israel by John Barton
This book considers ethical thinking in ancient Israel in the period from the 8th to the 2nd century BC.
Ethics is a wonderfully useful study of the mindset which produced and described the ethics of the Old Testament* John Herbst, Reading Religion *
This wide-ranging contribution to the history of ancient thought deserves to stand alongside surveys of Greco-Roman moral philosophy as well as ethical studies of medieval and modern thinkers. * Jeremy Corley, The Times Literary Supplement *
[T]his book is an incomparably rich resource for those interested in the ethics of ancient Israel, and also for those interested in putting these ancient texts into conversation with our world today. * Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
Barton writes accessibly and with erudition, demonstrating a formidable knowledge of the secondary discussion and its historiography, often stretching back into the 19th century, often in German. * Dr James Carleton Paget, Church Times *
[N]o one interested in that subject will be able to ignore Barton's informative and illuminating discussions. * J.W. Rogerson, Theology *
This is an important book * Tarah Van De Wiele, Studies in Christian Ethics *
This wide-ranging contribution to the history of ancient thought deserves to stand alongside surveys of Greco-Roman moral philosophy as well as ethical studies of medieval and modern thinkers. * Jeremy Corley, The Times Literary Supplement *
[T]his book is an incomparably rich resource for those interested in the ethics of ancient Israel, and also for those interested in putting these ancient texts into conversation with our world today. * Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
Barton writes accessibly and with erudition, demonstrating a formidable knowledge of the secondary discussion and its historiography, often stretching back into the 19th century, often in German. * Dr James Carleton Paget, Church Times *
[N]o one interested in that subject will be able to ignore Barton's informative and illuminating discussions. * J.W. Rogerson, Theology *
This is an important book * Tarah Van De Wiele, Studies in Christian Ethics *
John Barton is Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. His publications include The Theology of the Book of Amos (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Oracles of God: Perceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Israel after the Exile (2007).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199660438 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199660433 |
| Title | Ethics in Ancient Israel |
| Author | John Barton |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2014-11-06 |
| Number of pages | 330 |
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