How do the Contemporary Scholars John Barton, Gordon Wenham, and Mary Mills Use Old Testament Narratives in Forming Christian Ethics?

How should we live our lives and make wise decisions? We need to understand the contemporary and scholarly views on Christian ethics, in order to comprehend the Christian ideal of an ethical existence based on Old Testament narratives. Since Old Testament narratives have not been featured significantly in ethical discussion, further work needs to be done to examine the use of narratives as an ethical resource. This paper examines theories from John Barton, Gordon Wenham, and Mary Mills on using Old Testament narratives to form ethics. The effectiveness of these three scholars is analyzed by comparing and contrasting their models, principles, and the visions of their arguments. The three scholars are critiqued on their arguments on the narratives of Abraham, Joseph, and Daniel. A survey of previous works illustrates how scholars have applied Old Testament ethics specifically to narratives, and will serve as a foundational work for future research.Master of Theology (ThM