AbbreviationsList of ContributorsList of Previous WorksPrefaceIntroduction:  Katharine J. Dell PART 1:  Old Testament Texts and Genres The Ethics of Eden:  Truth-Telling in Genesis 2-3:  Robert P. GordonDesire for ethics or the ethics of desire: Diana LiptonPsalm 101 and the ethics of kingship: Andrew MeinThe ethics of warfare and the holy war tradition: Janet TollingtonProphecy, Ethics and the Divine Anger: Ronald E. ClementsJustice for Whom?  Social and Environmental Ethics and the Hebrew Prophets:  Hilary MarlowThe ‘dark side' of God in the Old Testament: John BartonThe ethics of friendship in wisdom literature: Graham I. DaviesWhat makes the Strange woman of Proverbs 1-9 strange?: Daniel J. EstesDoes God behave unethically in the book of Job?: Katharine J. DellSnakes and Ladders: Weighing and ordering biblical law: Philip JensonPART 2: Post-biblical Perspectives Family Values in the Second Temple Period: Charlotte HempelEthical issues in the authorial intentions of the Targumists: †Carol DrayDeath and Justice: Shifting Paradigms in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism: Ed Noort

Whilst there is an interest in applying ethics to the Old Testament, the focus is not generally the other way around, ie allowing the Old Testament to speak for itself as to ethical behaviour on the part of God or human beings in relation to the different genres of Old Testament study â€" e.g. kingship, law, wisdom.

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