John Barton, Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford

John Barton is Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford. His publications include The Theology of the Book of Amos (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Oracles of God: Perceptions of Ancient Prophecy in Israel after the Exile (2007).

"Ethics is a wonderfully useful study of the mindset which produced and described the ethics of the Old Testament." - John Herbst, Reading Religion

"This wide-ranging contribution to the history of ancient thought deserves to stand alongside surveys of Greco-Roman moral philosophy as well as ethical studies of medieval and modern thinkers." - Jeremy Corley, The Times Literary Supplement

"[T]his book is an incomparably rich resource for those interested in the ethics of ancient Israel, and also for those interested in putting these ancient texts into conversation with our world today." - Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

"Barton writes accessibly and with erudition, demonstrating a formidable knowledge of the secondary discussion and its historiography, often stretching back into the 19th century, often in German." - Dr James Carleton Paget, Church Times

"[N]o one interested in that subject will be able to ignore Barton's informative and illuminating discussions." - J.W. Rogerson, Theology

"This is an important book" - Tarah Van De Wiele, Studies in Christian Ethics