Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. What Are Biblical Values? 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. Frames of Reference 20
6. CHAPTER TWO. A Right to Life? 40
7. CHAPTER THREE. The Bible and Gender 59
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Marriage and Family 82
9. CHAPTER FIVE. The Bible and the Environment 107
10. CHAPTER SIX. Slavery and Liberation 126
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. Violence and Zeal 147
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. Social Justice in the Hebrew Bible 171
13. CHAPTER NINE. Social Justice in the Shadow of the Apocalypse 189
14. The Authority of the Bible 212
15. Notes 221
16. Bibliography 245
17. General Index 269
18. Index of Ancient Sources 277