ISBN:
9780827612709
Language:
English
Pages:
xxvi, 292 Seiten
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2017
Series Statement:
JPS essential Judaism series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Unterman, Jeremiah, author Justice for all
DDC:
296.3/6
Keywords:
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Jewish ethics Biblical teaching
;
Ethics in the Bible
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Ethik
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and indexes
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