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Seeking What Is Right

Iain Provan
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      The question of the good lifeâwhat it looks like for people and societies to be well ordered and flourishingâhas universal significance, but its proposed solutions are just as far reaching. At the core of this concern is the nature of the good itself: what is "right"? We must attend to this ethical dilemma before we can begin to envision a life lived to the fullest. With Seeking What Is Right , Iain Provan invites us to consider how Scriptureâthe Old Testament in particularâcan aid us in this quest. In rooting the definition of the good in God's special revelation, Provan moves beyond the constraints of family, tribe, culture, state, or nature. When we read ourselves into the story of Scripture, we learn a formative ethic that speaks directly to our humanity. Provan delves into Western Christian history to demonstrate the various ways this has been done: how our forebears identified with the narrative of God's people, Israel, and how they applied the Old Testament to their particular times and concerns. This serves as a foundation upon which modern Christians can assess their decisions as people who read the whole biblical story "from the beginning" in our time. Provan challenges us to grapple with ethical issues dominating our contemporary culture as a people in exile, a people formed by disciplines steeped in the patterns and teachings of Scripture. To come alongside ancient Israel in its own experiences of exile, to listen with Israel to the utterances of a holy God, is to approach a true picture of the good life that illuminates all facets of human existence. Provan helps us understand how we should and should not read Scripture in arriving at these conclusions, clarifying for the faithful Christian what the limits of the search for "what is right" look like.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Iain Provan EAN: 9781481312882 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Baylor University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-11-01 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Christianity, Christian life and practice, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Theology

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      Iain Provan is the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies, Regent College. He lives in the Vancouver, Canada area.
      The question of the good lifeâwhat it looks like for people and societies to be well ordered and flourishingâhas universal significance, but its proposed solutions are just as far reaching. At the core of this concern is the nature of the good itself: what is "right"? We must attend to this ethical dilemma before we can begin to envision a life lived to the fullest. With Seeking What Is Right , Iain Provan invites us to consider how Scriptureâthe Old Testament in particularâcan aid us in this quest. In rooting the definition of the good in God's special revelation, Provan moves beyond the constraints of family, tribe, culture, state, or nature. When we read ourselves into the story of Scripture, we learn a formative ethic that speaks directly to our humanity. Provan delves into Western Christian history to demonstrate the various ways this has been done: how our forebears identified with the narrative of God's people, Israel, and how they applied the Old Testament to their particular times and concerns. This serves as a foundation upon which modern Christians can assess their decisions as people who read the whole biblical story "from the beginning" in our time. Provan challenges us to grapple with ethical issues dominating our contemporary culture as a people in exile, a people formed by disciplines steeped in the patterns and teachings of Scripture. To come alongside ancient Israel in its own experiences of exile, to listen with Israel to the utterances of a holy God, is to approach a true picture of the good life that illuminates all facets of human existence. Provan helps us understand how we should and should not read Scripture in arriving at these conclusions, clarifying for the faithful Christian what the limits of the search for "what is right" look like.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Iain Provan EAN: 9781481312882 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Baylor University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-11-01 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Christianity, Christian life and practice, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Theology

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      Iain Provan is the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies, Regent College. He lives in the Vancouver, Canada area.

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