Why Only Glimpses?; Ethics and Purity; Ethics and Honour; Adultery; "Such a Thing Is Not Done in Israel"; Abraham's Question; The Imitation of God; The Ten Commandments; Coveting, Homicide and Intention; Motivations; Sanctions; Lending on Interest; Interlude; The Poor; War; Animals; Nature; Women; How Did the Old Testament View What We Call Ethics?; Old Testament Ethics Today.
Dr Cyril Rodd is former Editor of The Expository Times
"Cyril Rodd's book is a perceptive and honest reflection by a
scholar who has wrestled long and hard with the anomalies,
contradictions, and often innovative moral insights of this
wide-ranging body of literature. The result is a book that is
timely and thought-provoking and which does not shy away from
asking awkward questions . . . Dr Rodd's book is a rich resource,
filled with information about what scholars have come to perceive
as the complex, and often bizarre, world reflected in the biblical
narratives and laws . . . I very much hope [...] that, by offering
us glimpses of a strange world, Cyril Rodd's book will raise
important fresh questions concerning Christian attitudes to several
of the most pressing ethical issues of the modern world."
--Theology, May / June 2002
"A book that is timely and thought-provoking and which does not shy
away form asking awkward questions . . . Dr Rodd's book is a rich
resource, filled with information . . . It is also a valuable
discussion document . . .This book is recommended to those
committed to serious study of the Bible, world church history, and
contemporary social and cultural theology. It will also intrigue
the general reader with the worlds it opens up." --Theology,
May/June 2002
"The book is a welcome addition to the OTS series. Its clarity of
style renders it useful for all undergraduate students, and its
subject matter is likely to attract biblical scholars and Christian
ethicists alike." --Theological Book Review Feed the Minds
"Rodd is a careful and observant reader of Old Testament texts. His
point, well taken, is that actions are often taken to avoid
impurity or shame and not simply our of rational understandings of
morality." --Bruce C. Birch, Interpretation, April 2003
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