The Immoral Bible - by Eryl W Davies (Paperback)

About the Book

Discussesthe ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew Bible andthe way scholars have addressed aspects of the biblegenerally regarded as offensive and unacceptable. >

Book Synopsis

Eryl W. Davies discusses the ethically problematic passages of the Hebrew Bible and the way scholars have addressed aspects of the bible generally regarded as offensive and unacceptable.

Review Quotes

Davies takes all the strategies seriously and his survey will be of as much value to the general reader as to the specialist.
Church Times

Eryl W. Davies is one of the keen observers of interpretive method in the contemporary study of the Hebrew Bible. In this eminently readable volume, he turns his perceptive eye to ethically problematic texts, especially those tied to "holy war." This volume will help those who study these texts see the implications of their approaches and more carefully craft their interpretive efforts. The concluding chapter articulates nicely a constructive approach to the place of readers in the task of interpretation. Both scholars and students will find much in The Immoral Bible to aid their work. It is a model of how attention to method can actually assist in the task of interpretation.
goodbookstall.org.uk

The Immoral Bible is academic - though totally accessible... There is much in this book to set everyone thinking.
The Catholic Herald

About the Author

Dr Eryl W Davies is a Reader in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at Bangor University. His previous publications include Prophecy and Ethics: Isaiah and the Ethical Traditions of Israel (1981); a commentary on Numbers in the New Century Bible Commentary Series, and The Dissenting Reader: Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible (2003)