The Relevance of the Old Testament for Contemporary Ethics

The Old Testament has a rather bad reputation, because of its intolerant and violent attitudes on many issues. It is indeed a product of another age, and many of its assumptions are untenable in the modern world. Nonetheless it remains important for discussions of ethics, primarily for two reasons:...

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Main Author: Collins, John J. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz [2019]
In: Journal of ethics in Antiquity and Christianity
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Pages: 10-16
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Ethics / Justice / Judaism / Christianity
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
CA Christianity
HB Old Testament
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B Justice
B Alttestamentliche Ethik
B Ethik in Antike und Christentum
B Theological ethics
B Ethik und das Alte Testament
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