Old Testament Ethics for the People of God by Wright, Christopher J.H. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Dedication Page Contents Preface to Living as the People of God Preface Introduction PART ONE: A STRUCTURE FOR OLD TESTAMENT ETHICS

1 The theological angle

God’s identity God’s action God’s words God’s purpose God’s way God’s goodness Further reading

2 The social angle

The social dimension of redemption The distinctiveness of Israel Israel as God’s paradigm Further reading

3 The economic angle

The land in Israel’s story The land as divine gift The land under divine ownership The land as covenantal measuring gauge Further reading

PART TWO: THEMES IN OLD TESTAMENT ETHICS

4 Ecology and the earth

God’s earth: divine ownership Our earth: divine gift and human responsibility Cursed earth: human sin and ecological destruction New creation: ecology and eschatology Further reading

5 Economics and the poor

Economic ethics in creation perspective Economics in a fallen world Economic dimensions to Israel’s story of redemption Creation values restored in Israel’s economic system Responding to poverty Further reading

6 The land and Christian ethics

Paradigmatic interpretation Eschatological interpretation Typological interpretation The jubilee: a case study Further reading

7 Politics and the nations

Perspectives from creation and the fall God’s people and the state: perspectives from Israel’s history God and the nations: Israel’s universal vision Further reading

8 Justice and righteousness

Justice as God displays it Justice as God demands it Justice as God will deliver it Further reading

9 Law and the legal system

The main legal blocks The different kinds of law The administration of justice Israel’s scale of values Theological reﬂections Further reading

10 Culture and family

Rejection and prohibition Qualiﬁed toleration Critical affirmation: the family in the Old Testament Christians and culture Christians and the family Further reading

11 The way of the individual

The individual in community Personal responsibility Models of morals Failure and forgiveness Further reading

PART THREE: STUDYING OLD TESTAMENT ETHICS

12 A survey of historical approaches

The early church The Reformation era Some contemporary confessional approaches Further reading

13 Contemporary scholarship: a bibliographical essay 14 Hermeneutics and authority in Old Testament ethics

Getting there from here: methodological problems Getting back here from there: ideological problems The question of authority Conclusion Further reading

Appendix: What about the Canaanites? Bibliography Index of Scripture References Index of names Index of subjects Notes About the Author More Titles from InterVarsity Press Copyright Page