Dr Jonathan Y. Rowe (PhD, St Andrews) is Director of Development and Staff Tutor, South Western Ministry Training Course, UK.

Michal's Moral Dilemma is a significant contribution to the understanding of ancient Israelite and Old Testament ethics. Rowe effortlessly combines recent research in ethics, anthropology and literary studies to provide a sophisticated and persuasive interpretation of Michal's ethical dilemma in 1 Samuel 19. A major advance in the area of Old Testament ethics, it also heralds the arrival of an important new voice in the field.

• FiguresAbbreviationsINTRODUCTION1. Michal's Moral Dilemma2. Interpreting Michal's DilemmaChapter 1 OLD TESTAMENT MORALITY AND VALUE CONFLICT1. Old Testament Resources for Value Conflicta. Old Testament "Law"b. Old Testament Legal Motivationsc. Old Testament Legal Sanctionsd. Natural Morality in the Old Testamente. Imitation of God2. Moral Goods in the Old Testamenta. Good in the Old Testamentb. The "Good Life"3. Conclusion: Conflicting Moral GoodsChapter 2 THE PRIORITY OF THE GOOD1. Moral Goodsa. The Nature of Moral Goodsb. Good and Rightc. Moral Goods, Moral Rules and Moral Orderd. Incommensurability and Moral Goods2. Kinship as a Moral Gooda. Kinship as the Matrix of Old Testament Moralityb. A "Familial Paradigm"3. Conclusion: The Priority of KinshipChapter 3 ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO KINSHIP1. Kinship2. The Ethics of Kinship3. The Practice of the Ethics of Kinshipa. Structure and Agencyb. Ambiguity4. Conclusion: Choosing KinChapter 4 UNDERSTANDIN GMORAL CHOICE IN 1 SAMUEL1. Understanding Dialogical Voices2. Interpretative Understanding3. Conclusion: Interpreting VoicesChapter 5 MICHAL: LYING THROUGH HER TERAPHIM1. The Voices: Michal and Saul2. Violence Against Enemiesa. Enemies in the Books of Samuelb. Enemies and Violence—Anthropological Perspectivesc. Understanding David as "My enemy"3. Fathers and Daughtersa. Michal: Saul's Daughter / David'sWifeb. Marriage—Anthropological Perspectivesc. Understanding Michal's Excuse4. Lying and Deceptiona. "You shall not bear false witness"b. Lying—Anthropological Perspectivesc Understanding Michal's Lie5. Michal's Voice Approveda. A House, in the Nightb. Sending and Being Sentc. Teraphimd. Michal's CharacterisationChapter 6 CONTRADICTING VALUESAppendicesA Crime and Punishment in the Book of the CovenantB Crime and Punishment in the Holiness CodeC Crime and Punishment in the Deuteronomic CodeBibliographyIndices

Dr Jonathan Y. Rowe (PhD, St Andrews) is Director of Development and Staff Tutor, South Western Ministry Training Course, UK.

Michal's Moral Dilemma is a significant contribution to the understanding of ancient Israelite and Old Testament ethics. Rowe effortlessly combines recent research in ethics, anthropology and literary studies to provide a sophisticated and persuasive interpretation of Michal's ethical dilemma in 1 Samuel 19. A major advance in the area of Old Testament ethics, it also heralds the arrival of an important new voice in the field.

• FiguresAbbreviationsINTRODUCTION1. Michal's Moral Dilemma2. Interpreting Michal's DilemmaChapter 1 OLD TESTAMENT MORALITY AND VALUE CONFLICT1. Old Testament Resources for Value Conflicta. Old Testament "Law"b. Old Testament Legal Motivationsc. Old Testament Legal Sanctionsd. Natural Morality in the Old Testamente. Imitation of God2. Moral Goods in the Old Testamenta. Good in the Old Testamentb. The "Good Life"3. Conclusion: Conflicting Moral GoodsChapter 2 THE PRIORITY OF THE GOOD1. Moral Goodsa. The Nature of Moral Goodsb. Good and Rightc. Moral Goods, Moral Rules and Moral Orderd. Incommensurability and Moral Goods2. Kinship as a Moral Gooda. Kinship as the Matrix of Old Testament Moralityb. A "Familial Paradigm"3. Conclusion: The Priority of KinshipChapter 3 ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO KINSHIP1. Kinship2. The Ethics of Kinship3. The Practice of the Ethics of Kinshipa. Structure and Agencyb. Ambiguity4. Conclusion: Choosing KinChapter 4 UNDERSTANDIN GMORAL CHOICE IN 1 SAMUEL1. Understanding Dialogical Voices2. Interpretative Understanding3. Conclusion: Interpreting VoicesChapter 5 MICHAL: LYING THROUGH HER TERAPHIM1. The Voices: Michal and Saul2. Violence Against Enemiesa. Enemies in the Books of Samuelb. Enemies and Violence—Anthropological Perspectivesc. Understanding David as "My enemy"3. Fathers and Daughtersa. Michal: Saul's Daughter / David'sWifeb. Marriage—Anthropological Perspectivesc. Understanding Michal's Excuse4. Lying and Deceptiona. "You shall not bear false witness"b. Lying—Anthropological Perspectivesc Understanding Michal's Lie5. Michal's Voice Approveda. A House, in the Nightb. Sending and Being Sentc. Teraphimd. Michal's CharacterisationChapter 6 CONTRADICTING VALUESAppendicesA Crime and Punishment in the Book of the CovenantB Crime and Punishment in the Holiness CodeC Crime and Punishment in the Deuteronomic CodeBibliographyIndices

Dr Jonathan Y. Rowe (PhD, St Andrews) is Director of Development and Staff Tutor, South Western Ministry Training Course, UK.

Michal's Moral Dilemma is a significant contribution to the understanding of ancient Israelite and Old Testament ethics. Rowe effortlessly combines recent research in ethics, anthropology and literary studies to provide a sophisticated and persuasive interpretation of Michal's ethical dilemma in 1 Samuel 19. A major advance in the area of Old Testament ethics, it also heralds the arrival of an important new voice in the field.

• FiguresAbbreviationsINTRODUCTION1. Michal's Moral Dilemma2. Interpreting Michal's DilemmaChapter 1 OLD TESTAMENT MORALITY AND VALUE CONFLICT1. Old Testament Resources for Value Conflicta. Old Testament "Law"b. Old Testament Legal Motivationsc. Old Testament Legal Sanctionsd. Natural Morality in the Old Testamente. Imitation of God2. Moral Goods in the Old Testamenta. Good in the Old Testamentb. The "Good Life"3. Conclusion: Conflicting Moral GoodsChapter 2 THE PRIORITY OF THE GOOD1. Moral Goodsa. The Nature of Moral Goodsb. Good and Rightc. Moral Goods, Moral Rules and Moral Orderd. Incommensurability and Moral Goods2. Kinship as a Moral Gooda. Kinship as the Matrix of Old Testament Moralityb. A "Familial Paradigm"3. Conclusion: The Priority of KinshipChapter 3 ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO KINSHIP1. Kinship2. The Ethics of Kinship3. The Practice of the Ethics of Kinshipa. Structure and Agencyb. Ambiguity4. Conclusion: Choosing KinChapter 4 UNDERSTANDIN GMORAL CHOICE IN 1 SAMUEL1. Understanding Dialogical Voices2. Interpretative Understanding3. Conclusion: Interpreting VoicesChapter 5 MICHAL: LYING THROUGH HER TERAPHIM1. The Voices: Michal and Saul2. Violence Against Enemiesa. Enemies in the Books of Samuelb. Enemies and Violence—Anthropological Perspectivesc. Understanding David as "My enemy"3. Fathers and Daughtersa. Michal: Saul's Daughter / David'sWifeb. Marriage—Anthropological Perspectivesc. Understanding Michal's Excuse4. Lying and Deceptiona. "You shall not bear false witness"b. Lying—Anthropological Perspectivesc Understanding Michal's Lie5. Michal's Voice Approveda. A House, in the Nightb. Sending and Being Sentc. Teraphimd. Michal's CharacterisationChapter 6 CONTRADICTING VALUESAppendicesA Crime and Punishment in the Book of the CovenantB Crime and Punishment in the Holiness CodeC Crime and Punishment in the Deuteronomic CodeBibliographyIndices