The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics

by C. L. Crouch (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108630351
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/21/2021
Series:	Cambridge Companions to Religion
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

C. L Crouch is  the David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East (2009), The Making of Israel (2014), Israel and the Assyrians (2014), An Introduction to the Study of Jeremiah (2017), and, with J. M. Hutton, Translating Empire (2019).

Table of Contents

Part I. Legal Ethics: 1. The decalogue: an icon of ethical discourse Dominik Markl; 2. The Talionic principle and its calibrations Sandra Jacobs; 3. Community violence in Deutoronomy Caryn Reeder; 4. The construction of gender roles in the Book of the Covenant and in Deutoronomy Carolyn J. Pressler; 5. Economics and the law Albino Barrera; Part II. Narrative Ethics: 6. Creation ethics in Genesis Matthew Schlimm; 7. Migrant ethics in the Jacob narratives C. A. Strine; 8. Settler mandates and the Book of Joshua Mark Brett; 9. David's ethic of togetherness and its victims Richard Smith; 10. Ethics and ethnicity in the Deutoronomistic history Brian Rainey; Part III. Prophetic Ethics: 11. Religion and ethics in Isaiah Bohdan Hrobon; 12. Covenant in the Book of Jeremiah Else K. Holt; 13. Ezekiel and criminal justice reform C. L. Crouch; 14. Poverty and social justice in Micah Matthew Coomber; 15. War violence in Hosea, Amos, and Nahum Stacy Davis; Part IV. Wisdom/Poetic Ethics: 16. Teaching complex ethical thinking with Proverbs Anne W. Stewart; 17. Divine justice in the Book of Job C. -L Seow; 18. Justice and retribution in the Psalms Tarah Van De Wiele; Part V. Faithful Ethics: 19. Jewish ethics and the Hebrew bible Deborah Barer; 20. Christian ethics and the Hebrew bible Julián Andrés González Holguín.

Editorial Reviews

‘The book could serve as a reader to accompany coursework on the scriptures and ethics … Highly recommended.’ J. W. Wright, Choice Connect

'... a fascinating and, at times, provoking read.' Isabelle Hamley, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

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