Theory And Practice In Old Testament

In the last two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in the value of the Old Testament for modern ethical questions. John Rogerson is a scholar who has dedicated much of is academic life to probing the possibility of the abiding significance of the Old Testament for moral issues today. This volume brings together for the first time many of his contributions--both published and unpublished -- to Old Testament social ethics. This volume can serve both as a general reference work as well as a textbook for classes in Old Testament ethics at seminaries and theological colleges.

PREFACE
Professor John Rogerson is one of those rare individuals who passionately tries to
live out what he writes. For him, biblical ethics is not just an academic exercise; it
is a call to a certain kind of lifestyle and to concrete social and political commitments.
This is not true of all who write in the field of Old Testament ethics.1
Professor Rogerson lives without a car because of a concern for the environment
and as a protest against the fact that the daily loss of life and serious injuries in road
accidents on British (and other!) roads is accepted as a normal fact of modern life.
From 1964 until five years after his arrival in Sheffield in 1979 he was an active
leader in the (Boy) Scout Association in order to work with young people; for him,
these organizations are upholders of the moral values 'of my station' within British
society. He himself was a member of the scouts as a boy and young adult. Professor
Rogerson and his wife Rosalind are vegetarians
and use 'green' electricity, since it
is generated by renewable natural resources. Some years ago they purchased a
larger home in order to care for aging parents and another ailing family member;
they now house university students and make them part of the family. They also are
members of the Green Party and volunteer for activities as time permits.
These and other commitments have grown out of his life experience and Christian
faith. In this volume's final chapter Rogerson recounts a bit of that pilgrimage.
This Preface supplements what is told there with more details in order to gain
greater insight into his interdisciplinary interests and his desire to integrate biblical
study with theological and ethical concerns. What follows is not intended to lift
Professor Rogerson up as a moral exemplar—something with which he would be
very uncomfortable—but rather to reveal the origin of several features of his thinking
that are foundational to the essays reproduced in this book.2

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