Justice for all
Subtitle: how the Jewish Bible revolutionized ethics
By: Jeremiah Unterman
Series: JPS essential Judaism series; JPS essential Judaism series
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society; University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780827612709
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Jewish ethics; Bible; Ethics in the Bible; Biblical teaching
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. The Jewish Bible's unique understanding of God: the ethical relationship of God to the world and humanity; title: 2. The revelation at Sinai: ethical implications of the God-Israel relationship; title: 3. Providing for the disadvantaged: the stranger, the poor, the widow, and the orphan (with a note on slavery); title: 4. The primacy of morality over ritual: a prophetic innovation; title: 5. The requirement of "Return": the development of repentance from Torah to prophecy (with a note on theodicy); title: 6. The establishment of hope: the prophetic promise of redemption.