Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics / Jeremiah Unterman.

By:

Unterman, Jeremiah [author.]

Series: JPS essential Judaism seriesPublisher: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780827613263
0827613261
9780827613287
0827613288

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Justice for allDDC classification:

296.3/6 23

LOC classification:

BS1199.E8

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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