{"product_id":"demanding-our-attention-emily-amdt-9780802865694","title":"Demanding Our Attention: The Hebrew Bible as a Source for Christian Ethics","description":"What can we learn today about human relationships from reading the Hebrew Bible, filled with such ancient stories as that of a father who raised a knife to slaughter his beloved son? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contemporary Christian ethical discussions tend to treat the Hebrew Bible in a limited, distanced, and even dismissive way. Emily Arndt here argues that ancient scriptures can be a vital resource for Christian ethics. Focusing on a close analysis of the \u003ci\u003eakedah\u003c\/i\u003e -- the Genesis account of Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac -- Arndt demonstrates the power of even the most troubling and uncomfortable Old Testament narratives to teach valuable ethical lessons. The act of placing ourselves in relationship to such complex, challenging, perhaps unresolvable sacred texts, she says, is in itself a practice that can help us learn to relate authentically and ethically to others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Amdt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802865690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802865694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.27w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 17","brand":"Emily Amdt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947195171071,"sku":"9780802865694","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5133cf4d-e237-4c5e-a03a-eecebf0d485c.jpg?v=1681517287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/demanding-our-attention-emily-amdt-9780802865694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}