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The moral life of the Hebrews / by J.M. Powis Smith.
LIBRA 216.2 SM55.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, J. M. Powis (John Merlin Powis), 1866-1932.
- Series:
- University of Chicago publications in religious education. Handbooks of ethics and religion
- The University of Chicago publications in religious education ... Handbooks of ethics and relition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish ethics.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 337 pages ; 20 cm.
- 8vo.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [©1923]
- Contents:
- PART I. The morals of pre-prophetic Israel
- The earliest historical narratives
- The traditions of early Israel
- The morals of the early codes
- PART II. The morals of the prophetic period
- The prophets of the eighth century
- The prophets of the seventh century
- PART III. The morals of Judaism
- The program of Judaism
- The return to reality
- The morals of the Egyptian Jews
- The morals of the psalms
- The moral maxims of the sages
- A saint under fire
- The meaning of life and the light of love
- The moral standards of legalism
- A struggle for existence
- Some concluding observations
- Index.
- OCLC:
- 1059983
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