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Ethical Values In The Old Testament
RELIGION 205 DR. FRANK JOHNSON 18 NOVEMBER 1996 ETHICAL VALUES IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT
How we live our lives is governed by ethics. Ethics is “human moral
conduct according to principles of what is good or right to do.” Our ethical
values today descend primarily from a Christian ethic in which “a trul ....
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Covenant Code; and the Holiness Code. The Decaloque is made up of apodictic (or
absolute) law, it is unconditional and has no “ifs or buts” about it. This is
commonly refereed to as the "Ten Commandments." Although legally vague these
commandments are the basics for all ethical norms in the Old Testament. The
Covenant Code is made up of casuistic (or conditional) law, it has a
characteristic formula: “if this happens, then that will be the legal
consequence.” Much of the Covenant Code deals with property and parallels
other ancient Near East law ....
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