Old Testament Story and Christian Ethics

by Robin Allinson Parry

Christian use of the Old Testament has tended to focus on law and wisdom literature and to marginalize narrative materials. This book restores story to its rightful place in Old Testament ethics and aims to set out parameters within which Christian ethical reappropriations of Old Testament narratives can take place. The argument begins by examining recent philosophical studies of the role of story in the ethical life. Special attention is paid to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597522295
• ISBN13: 9781597522298
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"