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1 online resource (xv, 207 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
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Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
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 -- 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 [raæa] in Psalm 50:16A? The ethical testimony of Psalm 50:16-22 / Theodor Seidl -- 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. Coetzee -- Ethics 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 -- Singing Moses : his farewell song in Deuteronomy 32 / Eckart Otto -- Prophet and ethics : a study of Jeremiah 5:26-29 / Wilhelm J. Wessels. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Bible. Former Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bibel Altes Testament. |
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Bibel Psalmen. |
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Ethics in the Bible.
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Ethics in the Bible. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Human, Dirk J.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Psalmody and Poetry in Old Testament Ethics. T & t Clark Ltd 2012 9780567282675 (OCoLC)773666897 |
ISBN |
9780567598974 (electronic book) |
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0567598977 (electronic book) |
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9780567282675 |
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0567282678 |
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0567223906 |
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9780567223906 |
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