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Old Testament Ethics: Principles of Living for the People of GodIntroduction and Hermeneutics
© 2010 David W. Opderbeck
Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution / Share-Alike
Introductions
•Getting to Know Each Other•Themes and Texts for our Study•Digging Deep: Some Additional
Resources
Some Theological and Methodological Presuppositions• The Biblical text is God’s text• God speaks incarnationally in the Biblical text in human words,
within the context of diverse times, cultures, literary forms, and language
• The Biblical narrative is particular, purposeful, and progressive• The Biblical text narrates, through its plurality of literary
forms, the unifying story of God’s redemption mission, which culminates in and through the person of Jesus Christ
• The Biblical text can only be truly understood and lived out as its meaning is made known to us by the Holy Spirit, drawing us into proper relationship with Christ, the community of the Church, and the world
• Good readings of the Biblical materials therefore are Trinitarian, theological, narratival and praxiological
A Brief General Timeline
Creation andProto-history
Flood Judgment and Scattering of Nations
Abraham – Joseph – Egyptian Sojourn
Moses – Exodus - Wandering
Conquest – Judges
United Kingdom – Saul, David, Solomon
Divided Kingdom
Exile Restoration of Jerusalem
Conflict, Revolt, Roman Rule
NT
Solomon’s Temple
Destruction of Temple and Jerusalem
Herod’s Temple (“Second Temple”)
c. 2200 B.C.
c. 1500 B.C.
c. 1400 B.C.
c. 1000 B.C.
c. 900 B.C.
c. 600 B.C.
c. 500 B.C.
c. 400 B.C.
A.D. 1
The OT Ethical TriangleGod
The Theological Angle
IsraelThe Social Angle
The LandThe Economic Angle
Source: Christopher J.H. Wright, “Old Testament Ethics for the People of God”
The OT Ethical Triangle
Source: Christopher J.H. Wright, “Old Testament Ethics for the People of God”
God
Israel
The Land
The Church koinonia
OT
NTTypological
Paradigmatic
Eschatological
Humanity(fallen)
Redeemed Humanity
The New Creation
The Earth(cursed)
Applying our Biblical Reading
•What are the central theological themes of Deuteronomy 4-6 and our other readings for the week?
•What are the central social themes?•What are the central economic themes?•What hints do these broad themes give us
about God’s purposes for the OT law? What about his purposes for us today?