Title: Social justice in the ancient Near East and the People of the Bible /
Authors: Epsztein, Léon
Publisher: SCM Press,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Social justice; Sociology, Biblical; Social justice Biblical teaching.; Middle East History; Middle East Social conditions
Contents: Part one: Social justice among the neighbors of ancient Israel -- 1. The Mesopotamian laws -- 2. Egyptian Maat -- i. The Old Empire -- ii. The first intermediate period: The middle empire -- iii. The new empire -- Part two: Social justice and Biblical sociology: A historical survey -- 3. Justice in the Old Testament as seen by Old Testament scholars -- 4. The rationalist study of the Bible and justice in the Old Testament from a sociological perspective -- i. The rationalist study of the Bible -- ii. Justice in the Old Testament and the sociological approach -- 5. Justice in the Old Testament and the kindred approach of historical materialism -- i. The supporters of historical materialism -- ii. NOn-conformists close to some aspects of historical materialism -- Part three: Nomadism, prophecy and the social laws -- 6. Nomadism and social justice -- 7. Prophecy and social justice -- 8. The social laws of the Pentateuch -- i. Biblical law and cuneiform law -- ii. Goodwill towards the poor -- iii. The protection of the widow and orphan -- iv. Protection for the stranger -- v. Respect for the wage-earner -- vi. The status of slaves -- vii. The prohibition against lending for interest -- viii. The Sabbath -- ix. The year of jubilee -- Conclusion.