a social identity approach Lau, Peter H. W. creator text bibliography Electronic books. gw Berlin New York De Gruyter ©2011 2011 monographic eng 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages). This study demonstrates the importance of including narrative ethics in a construction of Old Testament ethics. The social identity approach is used as a lens through which to understand and derive ethics. This approach highlights the social emphases of a biblical text, and consequently assists in understanding a text's original ethical message. The book of Ruth is used as a test case, employing a social identity approach for understanding the narrative, but also to model the approach so that it can be implemented more widely in study of the Old Testament and narrative ethics. Each of the prot. Ancient Israelite identity -- Boaz : identity and ethics -- Ruth : identity and ethics -- Naomi : identity and ethics -- A provenance for the book of Ruth. Peter H.W. Lau. Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-223) and index. Criticism, Narrative Social scientific criticism Criticism, Narrative Social scientific criticism Ethics in the Bible Sociology, Biblical RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament BS1315.6.E8 L39 2010eb 222/.3506 Lau, Peter H.W. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011 (DLC) 2010034691 (OCoLC)659305610 9783110247619 3110247615 1282934414 9781282934412 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=349524 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=349524 N$T 110216 20200709055322.0 ocn702145375 eng