Let Justice Roll Down: The Old Testament, Ethics, and Christian LifeWestminster John Knox Press, 01/01/1991 - 383 من الصفحات Connecting the Old Testament with the modern church, this book relates the testimonies and stories of Israel's faith in the Hebrew canon to the character and conduct of Christians and the Christian community today. By opening up the moral resources available in the Old Testament, this book will spur discussion of both the character of those moral resources and their pertinence to ethical issues in a complex and challenging time. |
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Abbreviations | 15 |
The Role of the Old Testament in Christian Ethics | 29 |
The Old Testament as Moral Resource | 35 |
The Role and Importance of the Canon | 43 |
Old Testament Narrative and Moral Address | 51 |
The Recovery of Moral Address in Old Testament | 60 |
Creator and Creation 242 24 | 71 |
The Character of Creation | 80 |
Royal Ideal and Royal Reality | 198 |
The Promise and Threat of Kingship | 205 |
Prophetic Confrontation | 240 |
Foundations of Prophetic Ethics | 253 |
The Prophetic Indictment | 259 |
The Prophetic Hope | 269 |
Exile and Return | 280 |
The God Who Forgives and Redeems | 286 |
The Human Role in Creation | 86 |
Creation as Broken and Redeemed | 92 |
From Promise to Deliverance | 105 |
The Birth of Israelite Community | 114 |
The Love of | 120 |
Moses as Agent | 126 |
People of the Covenant | 145 |
The Moral Dynamics of Israelite Law | 157 |
The Shape of Covenant Community | 172 |
Contents | 191 |
The Renewal of Prophetic Hope | 292 |
The Survival of Community | 303 |
Wisdom and Morality | 321 |
Moral Dimensions of the Wisdom Tradition | 329 |
The Moral Limits of the Wisdom Tradition | 339 |
Canon and Continuity | 355 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
activity Amos apocalyptic Babylon Bible biblical biblical story Book of Exodus books of Samuel Brevard called Canaanite chapter character Christian ethics church command context covenant creation creative Creator David Decalogue deliverance Deut Deutero-Isaiah discussion divine Egypt eschatological exile Exodus experience Ezek Ezekiel Ezra faith focus Fortress Press freedom Gerhard von Rad God's word Hanson Hebrew Bible Hebrew canon holiness hope human imagery important Isaiah Israelite Jeremiah Jerusalem Jesus Joseph story JSOT judgment justice and righteousness king kingdom kingship land live ment Micah midst moral Moses narrative nations Old Testament Old Testament Ethics Old Testament Theology perspective present promise prophets Prov psalms reality reflected reign relationship religion religious response role royal salvation Samuel Saul says the LORD scripture Servant social Solomon steadfast love suggests temple theme tion Torah tradition understanding vision Walter Brueggemann wisdom literature witness Yahweh Yahwist