Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics /
Jeremiah Unterman.
- 1 online resource.
- JPS essential Judaism series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Jewish Bible's unique understanding of God: the ethical relationship of God to the world and humanity -- 2. The revelation at Sinai: ethical implications of the God-Israel relationship -- 3. Providing for the disadvantaged: the stranger, the poor, the widow, and the orphan (with a note on slavery) -- 4. The primacy of morality over ritual: a prophetic innovation -- 5. The requirement of "Return": the development of repentance from Torah to prophecy (with a note on theodicy) -- 6. The establishment of hope: the prophetic promise of redemption.
"Demonstrates how the Jewish Bible radically changed the course of ethical thought and as a result has had enormous influence on later Jewish thought and law, as well as on Christianity and the development of modern Western civilization"--
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22573/ctt1kg5d2k JSTOR
2016039040
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Ethics in the Bible. Jewish ethics--Biblical teaching. RELIGION / Judaism / General RELIGION / Judaism / History