OLD TESTAMENT ETHICS for the PEOPLE OF GOD
A fully revised, updated and integrated edition of Living as the People of God and Walking in the Ways of the Lord
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© Christopher J. H. Wright, 2004
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Incorporates material first published in
Living as the People of God (IVP, 1983)
Walking in the Ways of the Lord (Apollos, 1995)
(Fully revised and updated for this volume)
First published 2004
Reprinted 2010
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ISBN: 978-1-84474-439-8
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Catharine and Andy
Tim and Bianca
Jonny and Emma and Helena
and Suzy
Preface to Living as the People of God
part one: a structure for old testament ethics
The social dimension of redemption
The land under divine ownership
The land as covenantal measuring gauge
part two: themes in old testament ethics
Our earth: divine gift and human responsibility
Cursed earth: human sin and ecological destruction
New creation: ecology and eschatology
Economic ethics in creation perspective
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About Old Testament Ethics for the People of GodNothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Some faithful readers struggle through its pages and conclude that they must obey its moral laws but may disregard its ceremonial and civil laws. Others abandon its teaching altogether in favor of a strictly New Testament ethic. Neither option, argues Chris Wright, gives the Old Testament its due. In this innovative approach to Old Testament ethics—fully revised, updated and expanded since its first appearance in 1983 as Living as the People of God (An Eye for an Eye in North America) and including material from Walking in the Ways of the Lord—Wright examines a theological, social and economic framework for Old Testament ethics. Then he explores a variety of themes in relation to contemporary issues: economics, the land and the poor; politics and a world of nations; law and justice; society and culture; and the way of the individual. This fresh, illuminating study provides a clear basis for a biblical ethic that is faithful to the God of both Testaments. |
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