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Ezekiel and the ethics of exile /
The two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and exile provide the key to Ezekiel's ethics. The prophet both offers an explanation of the disaster in terms familiar to his hearers' past experience, and provides ethical strategies for coping with the far more limited possibilities of life...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford theological monographs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and exile provide the key to Ezekiel's ethics. The prophet both offers an explanation of the disaster in terms familiar to his hearers' past experience, and provides ethical strategies for coping with the far more limited possibilities of life in Babylonia. - ;Whereas much recent work on the ethics of the Hebrew Bible addresses the theological task of using the Bible as a moral resource for today, this book aims to set Ezekiel's ethics firmly in the social and historical context of the Babylonian Exile. The two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and Babylonia provi. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 2001. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-282) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191523021 019152302X 9780191516252 0191516252 9780191700620 0191700622 9780199291397 019929139X |