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100			_aJanzen, Waldemar
245			_aOld Testament Ethics _b A Paradigmatic Approach
260			_aPhiladelphia _bWestminister John Knox Press _c1994
300			_a236p
500			_aincludes index and biblioraphy
505	2		_a1. ETHICAL MODEL STORIES The Old Testament`s Ethical Impact 7 Stories of Saints and Sinners 7 When the Saints Also Become Sinners 8 Yet They Did Right 9 A Familial Model Story: Genesis 13 9 Abraham`s Right Act 9 Wider Contexts 10 A Priestly Model Story: Numbers 25 12 A Wisdom Model Story: 1 Samuel 25 14 A Royal Model Story: 1 Samuel 24 15 A Prophetic Model Story: 1 Kings 21 17 Clashing Stories 17 The Role of the Prophet 19 Stories Shape Paradigms 20 2. THE FAMILIAL PARADIGM The Meaning and Function of Paradigm Paradigm Defined Paradigm Versus Law and Principle Paradigms in Canonical Context Paradigm, Character, and Story 31 Story, Character, and Ethical Decision 31 The Story Context of Genesis 13 32 The Ancient Near Eastern Alternative 33 A Second Familial Paradigm Story: Ruth 33 The Paradigmatic Behavior of Ruth and Boaz 33 The Story Context of Ruth 35 A Third Familial Paradigm Story: Judges 19 36 Models and Countermodels of Hospitality 36 The Israelite Context of Hospitality 38 The Three Stories Compared 38 Components of the Familial Paradigm 40 Life 40 Excursus: Individual and Society 40 Land 42 Hospitality 42 An Ethic Rooted in God`s Story 44 3. PRINCIPLE AND LAW 55 Story and Principle 55 Life, Land, and Hospitality 55 Justice as Principle 56 Law as Principle 57 Two Views of Laws 57 Rabbinic and Rational Influences 58 Law as Story 59 The Story Context of Old Testament Law 59 The Judicial and Covenantal Function of Law 60 The Community-Shaping Function of Legal Series 62 The Primacy of Story Over Law 64 Law as Secondary Genre 64 The Interpretive Force of the Sinai Framework 66 Proposals for the Anchoring of Law 68 Emil Brunner: One Divine Imperative 68 The Need for a Middle Level 70 Dale Patrick: Unwritten Law 71 Christopher J. H. Wright: A Paradigm-Shaping Triangle 72 Bruce C. Birch: Covenant Community and Decalogue The Multiplicity of Genres and the Unity of Old Testament Ethics Summary 4. THE DECALOGUE 87 The Sampling Nature of Old Testament Law Codes 87 The Decalogue`s Comprehensiveness and Limitation 89 Comprehensive Function and Sampling Content 89 The Search for Comprehensive Coverage 90 The Content of the Decalogue 92 Comparison with Leviticus 19 92 Comparison with Deuteronomy 27:15-26 94 Conclusion 95 The Decalogue and the Familial Paradigm 96 The Decalogue`s Centrality of Place and Function 99 5. THE PRIESTLY AND WISDOM PARADIGMS The Priestly Paradigm 106 Introduction 106 Familial Ethos and the Zeal of Phinehas 107 Gideon`s Response to the Holy 108 Leviticus 19: Israel as Holy Congregation 111 The Instruments of Holiness 113 The Subordination of Priestly to Familial Values 113 Leviticus 25 116 Conclusion 117 The Wisdom Paradigm 119 Introduction 119 Holiness and Wisdom 120 Popular, or Folk, Wisdom Its Village Setting Its Theological and Historical Nature Wisdom and Character Wisdom Models Joseph: A Familial-Royal Model Job 31: A Familial-Wisdom Model Royal, or Court, Wisdom The Limits of Wisdom 6. THE ROYAL AND PROPHETIC PARADIGMS 140 The Royal Paradigm 140 Introduction 140 Ideal and Ambiguity of Kingship 141 The Ideal 141 The Ambiguity 142 Models and Antimodels 143 Canonical Considerations Concerning Kingship 143 David 144 Beyond David 145 The Centrality of Justice/Righteousness 146 Psalm 72: Justice with Messianic Horizons 146 The King and the Law 149 Distinctive Israelite Kingship 150 Justice and Story 150 The Law of the King 151 Davidic Line and Messianic Hope 152 The Prophetic Paradigm 154 Introduction 154 Prophet and King 156 The Naboth Story Again 156 The Turn in the Eighth Century 156 The New Class of Leaders 158 Prophet and Priest 160 Prophet and Sage 164 The Good Life in Prophetic Perspective Jeremiah`s Letter The Interim Ethic of Ezekiel 18 Second Isaiah: Prophet of Hope
700	1		_aJanzen, Waldemar
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