Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 292 pages)
ISBN:
9780827613263
,
0827613261
,
9780827613287
,
0827613288
,
9780827613270
,
082761327X
,
0827612702
,
9780827612709
Serie:
JPS essential Judaism series
Inhalt:
"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"--
Anmerkung:
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.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Unterman, Jeremiah Justice for all Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016] ISBN 9780827612709
Sprache:
Englisch
