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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unterman, Jeremiah, author.

Series:

JPS essential Judaism series.

JPS Essential Judaism Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics in the Bible.

Jewish ethics--Biblical teaching.

Jewish ethics.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : Jewish Publication Society, 2017.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780827613263

0827613261

9780827613287

0827613288

OCLC:

957265034