Old Testament Ethics for the People of God </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Wright, Christopher J. H.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>IVP Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2004</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>520tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Nothing 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</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Christopher J. H. Wright</note> <subject> <topic>Ethics in the Bible</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Christian ethics -- Biblical teaching</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Religion -- Christian -- Theology -- Ethics</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">241.5</classification> <classification authority="ddc">W947-C56</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781844744398</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15862/ol.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15862/ol.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071529.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>