Stom: Sarah, Hagar, Abraham
Above, we see Tissot's Abram's Counsel to Sarai depicting Genesis 12:11-13 where he tells her to hide the fact they are married. The episode is filled with ethical issues.  I explore Old Testament ethics in the publications below.

This Strange and Sacred Scripture
Several chapters of This Strange and Sacred Scripture have an ethical focus.  One of the first chapters examines how Genesis' creation stories offer ethical critiques of ideas in both ancient and modern times. Another chapter looks at how the Old Testament can be a positive moral source when its characters do so many terrible things.  I also look at topics like violence, gender, and unusual legal commands.
From Fratricide to Forgiveness
In From Fratricide to Forgiveness, I provide an overview of prior works on Old Testament ethics, exploring their usefulness for looking at the book of Genesis.
 Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
My entry “Biblical Ethics (Old Testament)” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology (ed. Samuel E. Balentine; New York: Oxford, 2015), pages 274-280, provides a concise introduction to the field of biblical ethics from an Old Testament standpoint. 
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I have also written the following essay: “Creation and Its Complication: Ethics of Genesis.” Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics. Edited by C. L. Crouch. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pages 85-100.
I'm also writing a commentary on Genesis focused on ethics and justice. It will appear in the Bible in God's World series.
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I've also reviewed some important books on biblical ethics: ​Review of Old Testament Ethics: A Guided Tour, by John Goldingay. Bulletin for Biblical Research 30.1 (2020): 106–8.
Review of Bible and Ethics in the Christian Life: A New Conversation, by Bruce C. Birch, Jacqueline E. Lapsley, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, and Larry L. Rasmussen. Interpretation 74.2 (2020): 213–14.
I wrote an article on reparations in Exodus and their implications for today in Christian Century. A revised edition with extensive footnotes appears in Theological Disciplines: Prophetic Voices for Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair (eds. Michael Barram et al.; Lexington, 2023).
My entries on "perfection" and "prisoners of war" are published in the Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics.

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