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The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by C. L. Crouch
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| Series | Cambridge Companions to Religion |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:350 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 153 |
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| Category/Genre | Ethics and moral philosophy
Bibles
Judaism |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108461511
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| Classifications | Dewey:221.44 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
21 January 2021 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
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).
Reviews'The book could serve as a reader to accompany coursework on the scriptures and ethics ... Highly recommended.' J. W. Wright, Choice Connect
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