Ethical Ambiguity In The Hebrew Bible

Author : Shira Weiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Ethics in the Bible
ISBN : 1108454224

Get Book

Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible by Shira Weiss Pdf

In this book, Shira Weiss elucidates the moral tradition of the Hebrew Bible by subjecting ethically challenging biblical texts to moral philosophical analysis. Examining the most essential questions of Jewish Thought, she uses contemporary philosophy to decipher Scriptural ethics as uncovered from a variety of biblical stories. Aided by ancient, medieval, and contemporary resources, Weiss presents a comprehensive discussion of enduring ethical questions that arise from biblical narrative and continue to be contested in modern times. She shows how such analysis can unsettle assumptions and beliefs, as well as foster moral reflection. Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible will be of interest to scholars and students of ethics, philosophy, Jewish thought, biblical theology, and exegesis.

Author : Shira Weiss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108429405

Get Book

Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible by Shira Weiss Pdf

Elucidates the Scriptural moral tradition by subjecting ethically challenging biblical texts to moral philosophical analysis.

Author : Eryl W. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567699640

Get Book

Narrative Ethics in the Hebrew Bible by Eryl W. Davies Pdf

How can the stories of the Hebrew Bible be read for their ethical value? Eryl W. Davies uses the narratives of King David in order to explore this, basing his argument on Martha Nussbaum's notion that a sensitive and informed commentary can unpack the complexity of fictional accounts. Davies discusses David and Michal in 1 Sam. 19:11-17; David and Jonathan in 1 Sam. 20; David and Bathsheba in 2 Sam. 11; Nathan's parable in 2 Sam. 12; and the rape of Tamar in 2 Sam. 13. By examining these narratives, Davies shows that a fruitful and constructive dialogue is possible between biblical ethics and modern philosophy. He also emphasizes the ethical accountability of biblical scholars and their responsibility to evaluate the moral teaching that the biblical narratives have to offer.

Author : Niditch
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780197671979

Get Book

Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond by Niditch Pdf

In Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond, Susan Niditch takes soundings among those who have recently approached ethics in the Hebrew Scriptures, their methodological interests, their goals, and their definitions of "ethics" itself. By means of close exegesis of specific passages from the Hebrew Bible and a discussion of the interpretation and application of these ancient texts by post-biblical Jewish writers and other creative contributors from outside the Jewish tradition, this volume explores topics in religious ethics, social justice, political ethics, economic ethics, issues in ecology, gender and sexuality, killing and dying, and reproductive ethics. Certain goals inform all chapters: interest in tracing recurring themes concerning the definition of the good, and the various ways in which Jewish thinkers rely on the more ancient material, interpret, and appropriate it; the links between areas in ethics, for example, between gender and reproductive ethics or war-views and attitudes to political ethics and environmental ethics. Niditch carves out specific biblical texts and themes in order to explore them in depth with special interest in the meanings and messages that emerge from ancient Israelite writers' varied treatments of issues in ethics. Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond provides a thoughtful discussion of biblical composers' treatment of ethical issues and 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 engagement with key biblical texts.

Author : Charles D. Harvey
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110893960

Get Book

Finding Morality in the Diaspora? by Charles D. Harvey Pdf

This volume explores issues of moral character found in the different text versions of the book of Esther. First the study suggests the two most common approaches to perceived moral problems in the story of Esther: avoidance and transformation. Then it investigates selected portions of the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the Greek Septuagint Text, and the Greek Alpha-Text stories of Esther, focusing on issues of morality via character analysis. Finally it concentrates on the moral ambiguity found in all three versions, and on the ways in which moral character in the Greek stories has been transformed.

Author : Emily K. Arndt
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802865694

Get Book

Demanding Our Attention by Emily K. Arndt Pdf

What can we possibly learn about our relationships to others from reading the story of an ancient father who raised a knife to slaughter his beloved only son? Contemporary Christian ethicists, faced with such dilemmas, are often tempted to treat the Hebrew Bible in a limited, distanced, and even dismissive way. Yet Emily Arndt here argues that ancient scriptures can be a vital resource for Christian ethical studies today. Focusing on a close analysis of the akedah the story of Abraham s near-sacrifice of Isaac she demonstrates the power of even the most troubling and uncomfortable Old Testament narratives to teach valuable ethical lessons. Placing ourselves in relationship to such complex, perhaps un-resolvable, and always challenging sacred texts, she says, is in itself a practice that can help us learn to relate authentically and ethically to others. This is a fully formed, sophisticated, and beautifully written book, offering an important contribution to the field of theological ethics. . . . A fitting tribute to a scholarly career that was cut short all too soon. Jean Porter (from the foreword)

Author : Gershom M. H. Ratheiser
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567029621

Get Book

Mitzvoth Ethics and the Jewish Bible by Gershom M. H. Ratheiser Pdf

Ratheiser's study provides the framework for a non-confessional, mitzvoth ethics-centered and historical-philological approach to the Jewish bible and deals with the basic steps of an alternative paradigmatic perspective on the biblical text. The author seeks to demostrate the ineptness of confessional and ahistorical approaches to the Jewish bible. Based on his observations and his survey of the history of interpretation of the Jewish bible, Ratheiser introduces an alternative hermeneutical-exegetical approach to the Jewish bible: the paradigm of examples. His study concludes that the biblical text is a collection of writings designed and formed from a specifically ethical-ethnic outlook. In other words, he regards the Jewish bible to be written as an etiology of ancient instruction by ancient Jews to Jews and for Jews. As such, it serves as a religious-ethical identity marker that provides ancient Jews and their descendants with an etiology of Jewish life. Ratheiser regards this religious-ethical agenda to have been the driving force in the minds of the final editors/compilers of the biblical text as we have it today.

Author : Eryl W. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567047724

Get Book

The Immoral Bible by Eryl W. Davies Pdf

Eryl W. Davies discusses the ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew Bible and the way scholars have addressed aspects of the bible generally regarded as offensive and unacceptable.

Author : Dru Johnson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781108831307

Get Book

Biblical Philosophy by Dru Johnson Pdf

Biblical literature is as philosophically savvy as any ancient intellectual tradition, using story, law, and poetry to reason with us.

Author : Michael J. Rhodes
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514006016

Get Book

Just Discipleship by Michael J. Rhodes Pdf

Many Christians and churches are rediscovering that God cares deeply about justice, but opinions abound as to what an approach to biblical justice might look like in contemporary society. What exactly does the Bible mean by justice, and what does it have to do with poverty, racism, and other issues in our world? More importantly, how do we become the kind of people who practice justice? Biblical scholar Michael Rhodes argues that the Bible offers a vision of justice-oriented discipleship that is critical for the formation of God's people. Grounded in biblical theology, virtue ethics, and his own experiences, he shows that justice is central to the Bible, central to Jesus, and central to authentic Christian discipleship. Justice stands at the heart of Scripture. Following Jesus demands that we become just disciples in an unjust world.

Author : Katharine J. Dell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567012357

Get Book

Ethical and Unethical in the Old Testament by Katharine J. Dell Pdf

This volume is interested in what the Old Testament and beyond (Dead Sea Scrolls and Targum) has to say about ethical behaviour through its characters, through its varying portrayals of God and humanity in mutual dialogue and through its authors. It covers a wide range of genres of Old Testament material such as law, prophecy and wisdom. It takes key themes such as friendship and the holy war tradition and it considers key texts. It considers authorial intention in the portrayal of ethical stances. It also links up with wider ethical issues such as the environment and human engagement with the 'dark side' of God. It is a multi-authored volume, but the unifying theme was made clear at the start and contributors have worked to that remit. This has resulted in a wide-ranging and fascinating insight into a neglected area, but one that is starting to receive increased attention in the biblical area.

Author : Andrew Mein
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191516252

Get Book

Ezekiel and the Ethics of Exile by Andrew Mein Pdf

Whereas much recent work on the ethics of the Hebrew Bible addresses the theological task of using the Bible as a moral resource for today, this book aims to set Ezekiel's ethics firmly in the social and historical context of the Babylonian Exile. The two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and Babylonia provide the key. Ezekiel explains the disaster in terms familiar to his audience's past experience as members of Judah's political elite. He also provides ethical strategies for coping with the more limited possibilities of life in Babylonia, which include the ritualization of ethics, an increasing emphasis on the domestic and personal sphere of action, and a shift towards human passivity in the face of restoration. Thus the prophet's moral concerns and priorities are substantially shaped by the social experience of deportation and resettlement. They also represent a creative response to the crisis, providing significant impetus for social cohesion and the maintenance of a distinctively Jewish community.

Author : Abraham P. Bloch
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0881250392

Get Book

A Book of Jewish Ethical Concepts by Abraham P. Bloch Pdf

Author : Arthur Jan Keefer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108839778

Get Book

The Book of Proverbs and Virtue Ethics by Arthur Jan Keefer Pdf

This book offers a new interpretation of the book of Proverbs from the standpoint of virtue ethics.

Author : Charles H. Cosgrove
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567068965

Get Book

The Meanings We Choose by Charles H. Cosgrove Pdf

The Meanings We Choose is an engagement with responsible bible reading-Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament texts-for the past as well as for the present and future. Its stated perspectives are multi-denominational Christian but the implications of such readings go far beyond a specific confessional framework. In the present political climate the aware, responsible "personal" is meaningful for any community, confessedly religious as well as otherwise. While the articles collected in this volume, broadly speaking, can and perhaps should be compartmentalized as ideological criticism, their significance for reading ideologies "different" from their own is more than considerable.