The Bible, culture and ethics : trickery in the narrative of Judah and Tamar

dc.contributor.authorPietersen, Leonore P.
dc.contributor.authorFourie, Willem
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-09T07:31:20Z
dc.date.available2015-10-09T07:31:20Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-29
dc.descriptionThis article is based on Leonore Pietersen's MA dissertation with Dr W. Fourie as supervisor and Dr E. Meyer as co-supervisor, Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria (April 2014). (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43223)en_ZA
dc.description.abstractUsing the Bible in Christian ethics is often not as simple as many would expect it to be. This is particularly the case for the use of the Old Testament. Part of the challenge is the complexity of grasping the customs and norms that are reflected in the Old Testament. They are often at odds with what is acceptable in contemporary thinking. In this article, we examine the difficulty of using the Old Testament in Christian ethics by using the narrative of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 as case study. We show that this particular text alerts us to the complex relationship between ethics and culture, not only in the world of the text, but also the world of the interpreter. Based on our analysis of the text we argue for its meta-ethical contribution to the practice of Christian ethics. We do not endeavour to resolve the perceived tension between the implied ethics of the text and that of contemporary interpreters, but view the unresolved tension as one of the text’s key contributions to the practice of Christian ethics.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPietersen, L. & Fourie, W., 2015, 'The Bible, culture and ethics: Trickery in the narrative of Judah and Tamar', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 71(3), Art. #2937, 8 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v71i3.2937.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v71i3.2937
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/50195
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectBibleen_ZA
dc.subjectChristian ethicsen_ZA
dc.subjectOld Testamenten_ZA
dc.subjectCustoms and normsen_ZA
dc.subjectNarrative of Judah and Tamaren_ZA
dc.subjectGenesis 38en_ZA
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dc.titleThe Bible, culture and ethics : trickery in the narrative of Judah and Tamaren_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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