Ethics in Ancient Israel
Author:   John Barton (Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   336
Publication Date:   06 November 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   John Barton (Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.654kg
ISBN:  

9780199660438


ISBN 10:   0199660433
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   06 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreward Introduction 1: The Sources 2: Moral Agents and Moral Patients 3: Popular Morality, Custom, and Convention 4: The Moral Order 5: Obedience to God 6: Virtue, character, moral formation, and the ends of life 7: Sin, impurity, and forgiveness 8: The Consequences of Action 9: Ethical Digests 10: The Moral Character of God Conclusion Bibliography

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This wide-ranging contribution to the history of ancient thought deserves to stand alongside surveys of Greco-Roman moral philosophy as well as ethical studies of medieval and modern thinkers. Jeremy Corley, The Times Literary Supplement Barton writes accessibly and with erudition, demonstrating a formidable knowledge of the secondary discussion and its historiography, often stretching back into the 19th century, often in German. Dr James Carleton Paget, Church Times [N]o one interested in that subject will be able to ignore Bartonas informative and illuminating discussions. J.W. Rogerson, Theology


This wide-ranging contribution to the history of ancient thought deserves to stand alongside surveys of Greco-Roman moral philosophy as well as ethical studies of medieval and modern thinkers. Jeremy Corley, The Times Literary Supplement


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John Barton is Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. His publications include The Theology of the Book of Amos (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Oracles of God: Perceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Israel after the Exile (2007).

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