TY  - BOOK
AU  - Unterman,Jeremiah
TI  - Justice for all: how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics 
T2  - JPS essential Judaism series
SN  - 9780827613263
AV  - BS1199.E8 
U1  - 296.3/6 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Philadelphia, Lincoln
PB  - Jewish Publication Society, University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Ethics in the Bible
KW  - Jewish ethics
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
UR  - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1458178
ER  -