RT Book
T1 The lost world of the Torah: law as covenant and wisdom in ancient context
T2 The Lost World Ser
A1 Walton, John H. 1952-
LA English
PP Westmont
PB InterVarsity Press
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1049557867
AB To modern eyes, what we call the biblical law, or Torah, seems either odd beyond comprehension (not eating lobster) or positively reprehensible (executing children). Using a consistent methodology to look at the Torah through the lens of the ancient Near East, Walton and Walton offer a restorative understanding that will have dramatic effects in interpreting the text and in discerning the significance of the Torah for today
AB Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Methodology -- Proposition 1: The Old Testament Is an Ancient Document -- Proposition 2: The Way We Interpret the Torah Today Is Influenced by the Way We Think Law and Legislation Work -- Part 2: Function of Ancient Near Eastern Legal Collections -- Proposition 3: Legal Collections in the Ancient World Are Not Legislation -- Proposition 4: Ancient Near Eastern Legal Collections Teach Wisdom -- Proposition 5: The Torah Is Similar to Ancient Near Eastern Legal Collections and Therefore Also Teaches Wisdom, Not Legislation -- Proposition 6: The Israelite Covenant Effectively Functions as an Ancient Near Eastern Suzerainty Treaty -- Proposition 7: Holiness Is a Status, Not an Objective -- Part 3: Ritual and Torah -- Proposition 8: Ancient Near Eastern Ritual Served to Meet the Needs of the Gods -- Proposition 9: Ancient Israelite Ritual Serves to Maintain Covenant Order Because Yahweh Has No Needs -- Part 4: Context of the Torah -- Proposition 10: The Torah Is Similar to Ancient Near Eastern Legal Collections Because It Is Embedded in the Same Cultural Context, Not Because It Is Dependent on Them -- Proposition 11: The Differences Between the Torah and the Ancient Near Eastern Legal Collections Are Found Not in Legislation but in the Order Founded in the Covenant -- Excursus: Observations About Composition -- Proposition 12: Torah Is Situated in the Context of the Ancient World -- Proposition 13: Torah Is Situated in the Context of the Covenant -- Proposition 14: Torah Is Situated in the Context of Israelite Theology Regarding Yahweh's Presence Residing Among Them -- Part 5: Ongoing Significance of the Torah -- Proposition 15: Discussions of Law in the New Testament Do Not Tell Us Anything About Old Testament Torah in Context
AB Proposition 16: The Torah Should Not Be Divided into Categories to Separate Out What Is Relevant -- Proposition 17: Torah Was Never Intended to Provide Salvation -- Proposition 18: Divine Instruction Can Be Understood as a Metaphor of Health Rather Than a Metaphor of Law -- Proposition 19: We Cannot Gain Moral Knowledge or Build a System of Ethics Based on Reading the Torah in Context and Deriving Principles from It -- Proposition 20: Torah Cannot Provide Prooftexts for Solving Issues Today -- Proposition 21: The Ancient Israelites Would Not Have Understood the Torah as Providing Divine Moral Instruction -- Proposition 22: A Divine Command Theory of Ethics Does Not Require that the Torah Is Moral Instruction -- Proposition 23: Taking the Torah Seriously Means Understanding What It Was Written to Say, Not Converting It into Moral Law -- Summary of Conclusions -- Appendix: The Decalogue -- Further Reading -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- Praise for The Lost World of the Torah -- About the Authors -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press
SN 9780830872572