Old Testament Ethics: A Paradigmatic Approach (SIGNED)

Janzen, Waldemar

ISBN 10: 0664254101 / ISBN 13: 9780664254100

Published by Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1994

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1994. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Trade paperback. 236pp. Index. NEAR FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old Testament Ethics: A Paradigmatic Approach (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Louisville: Westminster John Knox
• Publication Date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0664254101
• ISBN 13: 9780664254100
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: NEAR FINE
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biblical Theology

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Synopsis

Using five different Old Testament stories as paradigms for correct ethical behavior, Waldemar Janzen provides a comprehensive way of understanding the ethical message in the Old Testament. The five models of the good life he uses are the holy life (the priestly paradigm), the wise life (the sapiential or wisdom paradigm), the just life (the royal paradigm), the serving and suffering life (the prophetic paradigm), and the familial paradigm. Janzen demonstrates that all five paradigms are linked because the familial paradigm represents the comprehensive end of all Old Testament ethics.

About the Author

Waldemar Janzen is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.