Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics /
Unterman, Jeremiah,
Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics / Jeremiah Unterman. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 292 pages). - JPS essential Judaism series . - 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"--
9780827613263 (electronic book) 0827613261 (electronic book) 9780827613287 (electronic book) 0827613288 (electronic book) 9780827613270 (electronic book) 082761327X (electronic book) (hardcover) 0827612702 9780827612709
22573/ctt1kg5d2k JSTOR
2016039040
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.
Ethics in the Bible.
Jewish ethics--Biblical teaching.
Morale dans la Bible.
Morale juive--Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Ethics in the Bible.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1199.E8 / U58 2017
296.3/6
Justice for all : how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics / Jeremiah Unterman. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 292 pages). - JPS essential Judaism series . - 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"--
9780827613263 (electronic book) 0827613261 (electronic book) 9780827613287 (electronic book) 0827613288 (electronic book) 9780827613270 (electronic book) 082761327X (electronic book) (hardcover) 0827612702 9780827612709
22573/ctt1kg5d2k JSTOR
2016039040
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.
Ethics in the Bible.
Jewish ethics--Biblical teaching.
Morale dans la Bible.
Morale juive--Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Ethics in the Bible.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS1199.E8 / U58 2017
296.3/6