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The Bible has influenced contemporary culture both positively and
negatively. The present volume is a collection of papers that were
discussed at an international colloquium on the use of the Bible in
Ethics in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of
Sheffield in April 1995. Participants came from many parts of the
world and from different backgrounds, and the papers reflect their
varied interests and the contexts in which they work. The
contributors, in addition to the three editors, are John Barton,
Bruce Birch, Mark Brett, Mark Chapman, David Clines, Philip Davies,
Cheryl Exum, Stephen Fowl, Norman Gottwald, John Haldane, Walter
Houston, Sharon Ringe, Chrisopher Rowland, Lisa Sowle Cahill and
Gerald West.>
This collection of essays written by biblical scholars from around
the world attempts to probe the relationship between the Bible and
the world. It reflects modern social, political and hermeneutical
issues, including liberation concerns. These themes echo John
Rogerson's commitment to relate his research and the Bible to
contemporary issues - a commitment visible both in his publications
and in his religious and political activities. This book is an
expression of appreciation of John Rogerson by former and current
colleagues, former students, and other biblical scholars.
This volume brings together ten essays on the various contexts for
texts that social-scientific approaches invoke. These contexts are:
the cultural values that inform the writers of texts, the
relationship between the text and the reader or community of
readers, and the production of texts themselves as social
artifacts. In the first, predominantly theoretical, section of the
book, John Rogerson applies the perspective of Adorno to the
reading of biblical texts; Mark Brett advocates methodological
pluralism and deconstructs ethnicity in Genesis; and Gerald West
explores the 'graininess' of texts. The second part contains both
theory and application: Jonathan Dyck draws a 'map of ideology' for
biblical critics and then applies an ideological critical analysis
to Ezra 2. M. Daniel Carroll R. reexamines 'popular religion' and
uses Amos as a test case; Stanley Porter considers dialect and
register in the Greek of the New Testament, then applies it to
Mark's Gospel. This is an original as well as wide-ranging
exploration of important social-scientific issues and their
application to a range of biblical materials.>
This learned volume offers a close reading of chapters 3 to 6 of
the book of Amos, and attempts to locate biblical study and
theological reflection within the complex cultural context of Latin
America. The author prefaces his study with a wide-ranging survey
of the continuing debate over the proper use of the Bible as a
model for the structures of society. The author's particular focus
is Latin America, and through sociological and textual analysis, he
seeks to define the role of the prophetic biblical voice in this
society and presses for a recognition of moral complexities and a
constant questioning and self-evaluation from those who would claim
to speak for God in society.>
In the last two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in
the value of the Old Testament for modern ethical questions. John
Rogerson is a scholar who has dedicated much of his academic life
to probing the possibility of the abiding significance of the Old
Testament for moral issues today. This volume brings together for
the first time many of his contributions - both published and
unpublished - to Old Testament social ethics. Rogerson's essays
cover a wide range of modern social issues including: using the
Bible in the debate about abortion; the Old Testament and nuclear
disarmament; and the use of the Old Testament with reference to
work and unemployment. Several essays examine the contribution of
philosophical ethics to the study of Old Testament. Rogerson also
offers a brief account of his pilgrimage in Old Testament ethics
and outlines the basic framework of his perspective. The
introduction by the editor provides a summary and survey of
Rogerson's work. This is volume 405 in the Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament Supplement series.
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