The Immoral Bible - Approaches to Biblical Ethics

Eryl W. Davies discusses the ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew Bible and the way scholars have addressed aspects of the bible generally regarded as offensive and unacceptable.>

Summary

Discusses the ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew Bible. In this work, the author sums up a career's worth of in-depth reflection on the thorny issue of biblical ethics examining the bible's, at times problematic, stance upon slavery, polygamy and perhaps its most troublesome aspect, the sanctioning of violence and warfare.

Product details

• Authors: Eryl W Davies, Eryl W. Davies, Eryl Wynn Davies, DAVIES ERYL WYNN
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2010
• EAN: 9780567261625
• ISBN: 978-0-567-26162-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments