For For students, pastors and Christians wanting to know what the Old Testament says on moral questions; not for readers wanting a philosophical ethics.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
A topic-by-topic tour of what the Old Testament says about how to live, in its own words.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural5 of 5
Experiential1 of 5
Sociological4 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A study of Old Testament ethics published by IVP Academic in 2019. As its subtitle says, it is a guided tour: it takes the reader through what the Old Testament says on a wide range of ethical subjects. It follows the third volume of his Old Testament Theology, Israel's Life (2009).
