Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and beyond / Susan Niditch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niditch, Susan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond' provides a thoughtful discussion of biblical composers' treatment of ethical issues and offers an engaging overview of the ways in which these texts have been appropriated, in particular by Jewish contributors. This volume serves to challenge readers' own assumptions about biblical ethics, the applicability and the various meanings and messages that might be derived from an engagement with key biblical texts.

Contents:

Introduction: Recent Studies and New Directions

1. Religious Ethics: Exploring a Complex Interplay in Israelite Tradition and Beyond

2. On Killing and Dying: The Case of Capital Punishment

3. "Proclaim Peace": Ethics of War in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond

4. A Study in Political Ethics: Resistance to Oppression or Collaboration

5. A Second Study in Political Ethics: On Forms of Leadership

6. Ethics of Gender and Sexuality: First Women of Creation, Interpretations and Appropriations

7. Reproductive Ethics: Maternal Fertility and Fetal Health

8. Economic Ethics

9. Environmental Ethics: Imaginings of Paradise and Dystopia

Closing Thoughts.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 31, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-767199-3

0-19-767200-0

0-19-767198-5