Dempsey, Carol J.

Hope amid the ruins : the ethics of Israel's prophets / Carol J. Dempsey. - St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, c2000. - x, 160 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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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Bible.--Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Ethics in the Bible.

BS 1505.2 / .D455 2000