Old Testament Ethics for the People of God
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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; politics and a world of nations; law and justice; society and culture; and the way of the individual. This fresh, illuminating study provides a clear basis for a biblical ethic that is faithful to the God of both Testaments.
Christopher J H Wright
Christopher J. H. Wright is an Anglican clergyman and a scholar of missiology and the Old Testament. He currently serves as the International Ministries Director of Langham Partnership International and is an honorary member of All Souls Church, Langham Place in London, UK. Wright was the principal of All Nations Christian College.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A very engaging look into a world that most people do not understand. Many Christians do not understand much of the OT and are fine with it however that does not work for me. Thankfully there are scholars like Chris Wright who do not gloss or skip over events in the Bible but face them head on and wrestle with them. In this book he does just that and brings to light much of a society that is so far removed from our western understanding of life. In doing so we are able to get in the mind better of people at that time and try and understand why certain items have only been recently questionable to our modern ears. He certainly does not give final answers nor try and answer everything but adds that there is much we are unable to understand about Yahweh.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5advance, compelling, one of the few authoritative authors on the subject.