Jeremiah Unterman

Justice for All

How the Jewish Bible Revolutionized Ethics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

-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---

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Publication Society
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780827612709
• ISBN-10: 0827612702
• Artikelnr.: 45711562

Autorenporträt

Jeremiah Unterman is a resident scholar at the Herzl Institute, Jerusalem. He is the author of From Repentance to Redemption: Jeremiah’s Thought in Transition and numerous scholarly articles. 

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
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
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Subjects Index
Index of Hebrew Bible Passages