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Hope amid the ruins : the ethics of Israel's prophets / Carol J. Dempsey.

By: Dempsey, Carol J
Material type: TextTextPublisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: x, 160 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0827214391 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Ethics in the BibleDDC classification: 241.5 LOC classification: BS1505.2 | .D455 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-143) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- Old Testament ethics and the prophets' ethical vision : a review and reassessment -- Creation and covenant : grounding the prophets' ethical vision in relationships -- Torah : an attitude and way of life that inform the ethics of Israel's prophets -- The prophetic voice : exposing the obvious and unmasking the implied -- Ethics that challenge, images that disturb -- Re-visioning worship : the prophets' ethical challenge -- Cosmic redemption : embracing the prophetic vision and spirit.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-143) and indexes.

Introduction -- Old Testament ethics and the prophets' ethical vision : a review and reassessment -- Creation and covenant : grounding the prophets' ethical vision in relationships -- Torah : an attitude and way of life that inform the ethics of Israel's prophets -- The prophetic voice : exposing the obvious and unmasking the implied -- Ethics that challenge, images that disturb -- Re-visioning worship : the prophets' ethical challenge -- Cosmic redemption : embracing the prophetic vision and spirit.

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