In Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond , Susan Niditch takes soundings among those who have recently approached ethics in the Hebrew Scriptures, their methodological interests, their goals, and their definitions of "ethics" itself. By means of close exegesis of specific passages from the Hebrew Bible and a discussion of the interpretation and application of these ancient texts by post-biblical Jewish writers and other creative contributors from outside the Jewish tradition, this volume explores topics in religious ethics, social justice, political ethics, economic ethics, issues in ecology, gender and sexuality, killing and dying, and reproductive ethics.
Certain goals inform all chapters: interest in tracing recurring themes concerning the definition of the good, and the various ways in which Jewish thinkers rely on the more ancient material, interpret, and appropriate it; the links between areas in ethics, for example, between gender and reproductive ethics or war-views and attitudes to political ethics and environmental ethics. Niditch carves out specific biblical texts and themes in order to explore them in depth with special interest in the meanings and messages that emerge from ancient Israelite writers' varied treatments of issues in ethics. Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond provides a thoughtful discussion of biblical composers' treatment of ethical issues and an engaging overview of the ways in which these texts have been appropriated, in particular by Jewish contributors. This volume serves to challenge readers' own assumptions about biblical ethics, the applicability and the various meanings and messages that might be derived from engagement with key biblical texts.

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Cover 1
Ethics in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
Acknowledgments 8
Abbreviations 10
Introduction: Recent Studies and New Directions 12
1. Religious Ethics: Exploring a Complex Interplay in Israelite Tradition and Beyond 21
2. On Killing and Dying: The Case of Capital Punishment 39
3. “Proclaim Peace”: Ethics of War in the Hebrew Bible and
Beyond 61
4. A Study in Political Ethics: Resistance to Oppression or Collaboration 77
5. A Second Study in Political Ethics: On Forms of Leadership 93
6. Ethics of Gender and Sexuality: First Women of Creation, Interpretations and Appropriations 107
7. Reproductive Ethics: Maternal Fertility and Fetal Health 130
8. Economic Ethics 145
9. Environmental Ethics: Imaginings of Paradise and Dystopia 160
Closing Thoughts 176
Notes 180
Bibliography 208
Author Index 222
Subject Index 226
Index of Primary Sources 230

2023-11-05