Thoughts on the Use the (Hebrew) Bible in the Assessment of Current Ethical Issues – Part III: The Example of "Diversity"

This article attempts to apply the most salient principles developed in Part II concerning the question as to how to use the (Hebrew) Bible to assess current ethical issues to the example of diversity. It becomes clear that modern concepts of diversity and biblical concepts of diversity are not fully identical. While diversity in the biblical sense is an important value in the Bible, the same cannot be said of modern notions of diversity. On the other hand, there is no reason why all aspects of these modern notions should be completely rejected.