Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108473439
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 21/01/2021
Width: 15.7 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics offers an engaging and informative response to a wide range of ethical issues. Drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems, the essays address a variety of topics, including student loan debt, criminal justice reform, ethnicity and inclusion, family systems, and military violence. The volume emphasizes the contextual nature of ethical reflection, stressing the importance of historical knowledge and understanding in illuminating the concerns, the logic, and the intentions of the biblical texts. Twenty essays, all specially commissioned for this volume, address the texts' historical and literary contexts and identify key social, political, and cultural factors affecting their ethical ideas. They also explore how these texts can contribute to contemporary ethical discussions. The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics is suitable for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in liberal arts colleges and universities, as well as seminaries.
'The book could serve as a reader to accompany coursework on the scriptures and ethics ... Highly recommended.' J. W. Wright, Choice Connect
