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By Paul Lewis

“And Now for whatever thoroughly Different!” That word, the hole line for every episode of the groundbreaking British comedy sequence Monty Python’s Flying Circus, may possibly good describe this booklet, for it isn't a customary creation to the outdated testomony. This booklet can be taken care of in its place as a concept test that investigates the query, “What does the outdated testomony educate us approximately ethical development?” the reply that i'm going to increase over the process the booklet is that it calls us to increase knowledge to dwell in a fancy global choked with competing voices. this can be, in brief, what i'm calling the ethical tale of the Hebrew Bible. in reality, i'll move additional to signify that examining the outdated testomony as Hebrew Bible really initiates its readers right into a strategy of ethical improvement, the tip aspect of that is wisdom.

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