The Old Testament and Ethics: A Book-By-Book Survey - Paperback

by Joel B. Green (Editor), Jacqueline E. Lapsley (Editor)

The acclaimed Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (DSE), written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, offered needed orientation and perspective on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics. This book-by-book survey of the Old Testament features key articles from the DSE, bringing together a stellar list of contributors to introduce students to the use of the Old Testament for moral formation. It will serve as an excellent supplementary text. The stellar list of contributors includes Bruce Birch, Mark Boda, William Brown, Stephen Chapman, Daniel Harrington, and Dennis Olson.

Back Jacket

The acclaimed Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (DSE), written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, offered needed orientation and perspective on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics. The Old Testament and Ethics utilizes material from the DSE to introduce students to the use of the Old Testament for moral formation. This handy book-by-book survey of the Old Testament contains key articles written by leading scholars and targeted to the needs of the classroom. It will serve as an excellent supplementary text in Old Testament courses.

Contributors
Samuel L. Adams
Bruce C. Birch
Mark J. Boda
William P. Brown
M. Daniel Carroll R.
Stephen B. Chapman
Linda Day
David A. deSilva
Chip Dobbs-Allsopp
Michael W. Duggan
Barbara Green
Joel B. Green
Daniel J. Harrington
L. Daniel Hawk
Else K. Holt
Brad E. Kelle
Micah D. Kiel
Ralph W. Klein
Jacqueline E. Lapsley
Eunny P. Lee
Joel M. LeMon
Robin C. McCall
Andrew Mein
Dennis T. Olson
Leo G. Perdue
Anathea Portier-Young
D. N. Premnath
Timothy J. Sandoval
Choon-Leong Seow
Daniel Smith-Christopher
Allen Verhey
Craig Vondergeest
Amy C. Willis

Author Biography

Joel B. Green (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is dean of the School of Theology and professor of New Testament interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Jacqueline E. Lapsley (PhD, Emory University) is associate professor of Old Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.