Psalmody and poetry in Old Testament ethics / Dirk J. Human.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Human, Dirk J.

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 572

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : T & T Clark International, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Questions arise from scholarly debate in Hebrew Bible ethics such as: what is Old Testament ethics?, what is the object of study?, what are the methods involved and how normative are Old Testament ethics for modern contexts? These questions advance crucial issues in the quest for understanding ethics of the ancient Hebrew mind and the problem of how to contextualize them in modern contexts. This book begins by exploring the relationship between the Old Testament and Ethics, as well as a philosophical discussion on meta-ethical presuppositions on divinity and morality in the Psalter. The main p

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I. INTRODUCTION; HEBREW ETHICS IN OLD TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP

Eckart Otto; WHAT IS GOOD? META-ETHICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN THE PSALMS CONCERNING THE RELATION BETWEEN DIVINITY AND MORALITY

Jaco W. Gericke; Part II. PSALMODY; THE ETHICAL "WAY" OF PSALM 16

Alphonso Groenewald; PSALM 34 AND THE ETHICS OF THE EDITORS OF THE PSALTER

Phil J. Botha; WHO STANDS BEHIND THE rsh' IN PSALM 50:16A? THE ETHICAL TESTIMONY OF PSALM 50:16-22

Theodor Seidl; THE KING'S JUSTICE? EARLY MODERN PERSPECTIVES ON THE ETHICS OF PSALM 72

Andrew Mein

BODILY INTERPRETATION OF PSALM 104: "YAHWEH'S HISTORY" AND HUMAN ETHICS

Johan H. CoetzeeETHICS AND JUSTICE IN AN AFRICAN SOCIETY

Liswanisu Kamuwanga; ETHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PARALLELS BETWEEN BIBLICAL PSALMS AND THE NKST INDIGENOUS CHRISTIAN SONGS

Emmanuel O. Usue; PSALM 133 AS A RESPONSE TO XENOPHOBIC ATTITUDES IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY

Sampson S. Ndoga; Part III. POETRY IN PENTATEUCH AND PROPHETS; SINGING MOSES: HIS FAREWELL SONG IN DEUTERONOMY 32

Eckart Otto; PROPHET AND ETHICS: A STUDY OF JEREMIAH 5:26-29

Wilhelm J. Wessels; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781283891882

1283891883

9780567598974

0567598977

OCLC:

819572501